Neighbourwoods sat down with Mat recently and posed some questions that we know readers are wondering: Does the Township use the Inventory Data we’ve collected over the years and if so, how? Yes.  We sure appreciate having the data on so many of our trees and use it in 3 ways: We have established 7 […]

If you are curious to learn more about the history, biology and folklore of some of our community’s celebrated trees, you will be interested to hear that Neighbourwoods has produced an online interactive tool that you can access on your laptop, desktop and mobile phone. This new hands-on Story Map was inspired by last year’s […]

Summer is finally upon us in Centre Wellington, and for the tenth consecutive year Neighbourwoods volunteers and summer students will be conducting tree inventory on residential streets in Salem. Neighbourwoods identifies, measures and assesses the health of our boulevard, park, front yard, and side yard trees. To date, volunteers have collected detailed data on more […]

Thank you to all who joined us in launching our carbon offset program! June 1st, Tree Trust saw its first mature tree cared for by Baum Tree Care, MW Tree Service, Full Circle Tree Care, and Out of Your Tree Care. These arborists worked to extend the life of the Sugar Maple, thereby prolonging its ability […]

Neighbourwoods 2019 Spring Tree Talk: “raresites: Land Conservation in the 21st Century” On March 26, our guest speaker Tom Woodcock gave us an in-depth look into the ‘what, where, when, why, and how’ of the rare Charitable Research Reserve. What is rare? The Reserve is an area of over 900 acres, on the Grand River […]

Community maintenance pruning is planned for April 13, 2019 in the Elora Meadows neighbourhood. Juvenile trees located within the Township owned road right-of-way may be pruned in order to improve their structure and future health. The pruning will take place between 8:30am and 12:00pm by Neighbourwoods Citizen Pruners accompanied by two to three members of […]