We will miss Carl Mansfield, who is retiring after serving as Maple Leaves Forever’s arboreal consultant for the past 5 and half years. Carl has provided the organization with his immeasurable expertise in his treecare and planting notes, and has kept our relationships with partner nurseries strong and healthy. Carl’s careful attention to detail and gentle manner has been a great asset to… READ MORE »MLF’s resident “Tree Guy” Carl Mansfield retires

From hohtribute.ca/sponsors-2/maple-leaves-forever-partnership “Maple Leaves Forever is one of the founding sponsors of the Highway of Heroes Tree Campaign. With one of the first ever gifts at $25,000, Maple Leaves Forever helped to launch our campaign back in 2015/2016. A second gift of $10,000 in April of 2017 was highlighted at a community planting event that took place at Downsview Park,… READ MORE »Maple Leaves Forever proud to be founding sponsor of Highway of Heroes tree campaign

HOW CAN YOU HELP? TELL A FRIEND!If you recently received our Thank You Rebate, or you find our tree care information helpful – please share this email with your contacts! SHARE YOUR MAPLE PHOTOS – We love seeing photos and stories about your maple plantings – please send them along to info@mapleleavesforever.ca. Our THANK YOU REBATE gives you 25% towards the cost of approved… READ MORE »Summer News – Summer tree care, watering, pests and more

Spring is planting season! A message from our Executive Director, Deb Pella Keen First and foremost, I hope you and your families are safe and well. The last few weeks have been unprecedented for all of us as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been felt closer to home – in the communities in which we live, work and… READ MORE »Spring News – Nurseries, MLF Rebate and COVID-19

Maple Leaves Forever participated in Forests Ontario’s annual conference held on February 14th at the Nottawasaga Inn and Convention Centre in Alliston, Ontario.  More than two hundred and fifty forestry professionals, woodlot owners and educators and college students from across Ontario took in the day-long event. Our Executive Director Deb Pella Keen and Arboreal Consultant Carl Mansfield provide information on… READ MORE »Forests Ontario Conference – We the Forest!

Carl Mansfield, MLF’s Arboreal Consultant, spent a morning recently with Woodlot Manager Mike Fisher at the MLF farm. Carl writes: We checked out the Comfort Maple saplings that we planted in May, 2018 and later toured the property with Mike to see if other trees might need our attention. Mike has been watering the maple saplings trees regularly (it has… READ MORE »Pruning & Spongy moths (LDD/Gypsy Moths) – Tree care at the Maple Leaves Forever farm Part 1