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175 Native Maple Trees in Trenton – A living memorial to fallen soldiers

Maple Leaves Forever supported the planting of 175 Native Maple trees at the home of Trenton’s Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial. The trees were planted both to honour 175 of our fallen service members and to commemorate the 175th anniversary of sponsor St. George’s Anglican Church. On November 4th, 2021, in the days leading up to Remembrance Day, there was a special… READ MORE »175 Native Maple Trees in Trenton – A living memorial to fallen soldiers

MLF Founder Ken Jewett receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Museum of Nature

The Founder of Maple Leaves Forever, Ken Jewett, has been honoured with the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Museum of Nature.  The award recognizes Ken for his life-long and outstanding dedication to promoting environmental education on the importance of the Native Canadian Maple through his foundation, Maple Leaves Forever. “Through our Nature Inspiration Awards, we recognize each year… READ MORE »MLF Founder Ken Jewett receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Museum of Nature

The History of Roadside Tree Planting in Ontario – Part 3

Maple Leaves Forever is proud to present the third in a series of posts detailing the history of roadside tree planting in Ontario, researched and written by Terry Schwan, R.P.F. The full essay is now available for download in PDF : DOWNLOAD NOW Changing Regimes and the Ontario Tree Planting Act of 1896. Following the death of Phipps in early 1894 the… READ MORE »The History of Roadside Tree Planting in Ontario – Part 3

The History of Roadside Tree Planting in Ontario – Part 2

Maple Leaves Forever is proud to present this series of posts detailing the history of roadside tree planting in Ontario, researched and written by Terry Schwan, R.P.F. The full essay will be released in its entirety in Fall 2021. Terry Schwan is a semi-retired forest consultant. Born in Hanover, he served as District Forester in Guelph for the Ministry of Natural Resources… READ MORE »The History of Roadside Tree Planting in Ontario – Part 2

A Summer Message from our Executive Director

June has brought summer in full force.  It prompts the question: “Have you watered your planted trees yet?”  Newly planted trees can really benefit from a good deep watering at least once a week in this weather.  We are pleased to announce a new partnership with One Bench One Tree, a grassroots project dedicated to expressing gratitude to front-line workers… READ MORE »A Summer Message from our Executive Director

Get to know our staff: Caitlin Ayling

MLF: When did you start working with MLF and what is your role? CA: I started working as the Nursery Liaison with Maple Leaves Forever in November 2020. In my short time with the organization, I’ve been able to connect with our Ontario nursery growers to ensure that the Native Maples being planted as part of our program are of… READ MORE »Get to know our staff: Caitlin Ayling

Ontario Envirothon Winners announced – Maple Leaves Forever key sponsor

Released Toronto, Ont. (May 26, 2021) from Forests Ontario – Forests Ontario is pleased to recognize University of Toronto Schools (Team C) as the reigning champion of the 2021 Ontario Envirothon, a unique environmentally-themed academic competition. Beating out 95 other high school students on 19 teams, the new Ontario Envirothon Champions won a cash prize of $250 per team member in… READ MORE »Ontario Envirothon Winners announced – Maple Leaves Forever key sponsor

Managing the invasive Norway Maple problem

The Ontario Invasive Plant Council, in conjunction with the City of Toronto and York Region, has developed this very informative document about best management practices for Norway Maple. The resource can be downloaded through their website at the following link: www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca/invasive-plants/species/norway-maple/ Excerpts: “In recent years, awareness of its invasive potential has increased, and many municipalities and some nurseries no longer… READ MORE »Managing the invasive Norway Maple problem

The history of roadside tree planting in Ontario – Part 1

Maple Leaves Forever is proud to present this series of posts detailing the history of roadside tree planting in Ontario, researched and written by Terry Schwan, R.P.F. The full essay will be released in its entirety in Fall 2021. Terry Schwan is a semi-retired forest consultant. Born in Hanover, he served as District Forester in Guelph for the Ministry of… READ MORE »The history of roadside tree planting in Ontario – Part 1

Spring is Spongy Moth (formerly Gypsy Moth) caterpillar season

The Invasive Species Centre has a wealth of informative fact sheets and papers on their website at https://invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/invasive-species-resources/ We wanted to share these fact sheets about the Spongy Moth (Lymantria dispar dispar/LDD moth, formerly known as European Gypsy Moth) and management practices, since May and June are when we see those spongy moth caterpillars on maples and other trees. Species… READ MORE »Spring is Spongy Moth (formerly Gypsy Moth) caterpillar season