A Fall Message from our Executive Director, Deb Pella Keen Driving tours are a great way to spend a fall day appreciating the landscape of Southern Ontario when it is ablaze in magnificent colour. Different types of Native Maples display varying colours of yellow, red, orange and burgundy colours in the fall. The colour of an individual tree can sometimes vary… READ MORE »Native Maples Show their True Colours in Fall
With Maple Leaves Forever’s support, Forests Ontario recently developed a special lesson plan for teachers, parents and students to learn about and engage with our National Tree! Students will learn about the diversity of Canada’s Native Maple trees through observation and art. A perfect home or school activity for the season, as these beautiful trees show off their fall colours! … READ MORE »New Learning Resource from Forests Ontario – Marvelous and Magnificent Maples
The recent rain in Central Ontario was a welcome respite from the heat and unprecedented smoke we have been experiencing throughout Quebec, Ontario and parts of the United States. It is very important to keep watering any newly planted trees and we hope you will find our summer care tips helpful. Maple Leaves Forever has launched an honour roll list… READ MORE »Summer Update from our Executive Director
Harbers Greenhouses and Forestry is the latest Nursery Partner to join the Maple Leaves Forever program! Owner Tyler Harbers tells us about their operation: Harbers Greenhouses and Forestry began in 2017, at the time focusing primarily on hanging baskets and perennials for the local wholesale market. Since then we have grown and shifted to focusing on native species, primarily trees… READ MORE »Nursery Spotlight: Harbers Greenhouses and Forestry
Maple Leaves Forever is proud to sponsor Ontario Envirothon, an annual initiative that provides students with hands-on experience with forests, soils, wildlife, and aquatic ecosystems. The theme of this year’s activities was SPECIES AT RISK. There were 7 in-person regional events, from which 19 teams went on to compete in the virtual provincial competition hosted by Forests Ontario May 29… READ MORE »2023 Ontario Envirothon Update
We’re proud to announce that Maple Leaves Forever supported the planting of 623 Native Canadian maple trees this past Spring, bringing our total number of maples sponsored to 133,443 over the past two decades! That’s equivalent to 1228 kms (763 miles) of maple lined Ontario roadside, more than the driving distance from Thunder Bay to Parry Sound! We were pleased… READ MORE »Spring Planting Rebate Update
Maple Leaves Forever is pleased to add the NVCA to our Community Honour Roll which lists municipalities and planting agencies that have committed to putting Native Maples first! The NVCA passed a motion on April 23, 2023 to support MLF’s request to plant native maples when maple trees are called for. From the Meeting Minutes: 12.2.5. Staff Report No. 17-04-23-BOD from Doug… READ MORE »Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority commits to planting Native Maples
Maple Leaves Forever is pleased to add Collingwood to our Community Honour Roll listing municipalities and planting agencies that have committed to planting Native Maple trees. As reported in Collingwood Today on April 25, 2023: “While brandishing a bottle of Canadian maple syrup, Coun. Christopher Baines pleaded with councillors during their regular meeting this week to vote in favour of… READ MORE »Collingwood joins the MLF Community Honour Roll
Pine Corner Tree Farm is one of Maple Leaves Forever’s most referring nurseries, with over 20 maple tree rebate referrals in the last three years Jack and Diana Vos have been the proud owners of Pine Corner for 34 years and counting. In 1989, they moved to Moorefield with four young children and purchased the farm which then had only… READ MORE »Nursery Spotlight: Pine Corner Tree Farm
A Spring message from MLF’s Executive Director Deb Pella Keen, from our Spring E-News. Read and Subscribe to MLF Enews here! Native Maple trees figure prominently in the passage of winter to spring in Ontario and other parts of Canada. It is when the season transitions to cooler nights and warmer days and maple sap starts flowing through sugar bushes… READ MORE »Maples herald sweet spring
