Category: Urban Forestry

Spruce Christmas trees in a snowy forest Photo Dominika Gregusova Pexels

Trees and Society

How Christmas Trees Get Their Look

Christmas trees have a distinctive shape — perfect for decorating with tree ornaments and lights, easy to turn into kindergarten craft projects. Unlike deciduous trees that lose their leaves in fall, the evergreens we use for holiday decorating — pines, spruces, firs and others — keep their needles and tend to grow in a pyramid

December 4, 2024 No Comments

City of toronto skyline as seen by a Toronto Arborist from top of 100ft tree on top of hill at Davenport and Dovercourt, looking south east towards Downtown Toronto

Urban Forestry

Urban Trees and Heat Islands in Toronto

Combatting Urban Tree Canopy Decline: A Guide for Homeowners Walking through a city used to mean wandering under the cooling shade of towering trees. But now, those canopies are thinning – especially in Toronto. Urban Tree Canopy Decline is more than just losing patches of green in our concrete jungles. It means hotter streets, poorer

April 29, 2024 No Comments