New Decade, New You
Maybe this is the decade you join Neighbourwoods! Annual membership is just $20 and demonstrates your support for our urban forest.
Join at the next Tree Talk or email Rob Guthrie (rwfromcw@gmail.com)
Krista Jones
About Krista Jones
Posts by Krista Jones:
An Analysis of Street Tree Benefits for Columbus, Ohio
This document offers interesting tables comparing various species for their value storing carbon and storm water, and energy benefits of urban trees in Columbus Ohio. Thank you to Ian Rankine for sending it our way.
2019 Tree Inventory
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 than 11,000 trees in our community, helping to contribute to the grand total of 100,000 trees inventoried across Ontario.
Be sure to keep an eye out for our volunteers wearing bright yellow Neighbourwoods t-shirts, and if you have any questions email us at neighbourwoods@eloraenvironmentcentre.ca.
2017 Year in Review
We are proud of our achievements last year. Check them out in our Year In Review Report. A quick
but inspiring read. Neighbourwoods Year in Review 2017
The Global Tree Restoration Potential
Learn more about how the restoration of our forests can help fight climate change.
PDF Download: https://eloraenvironmentcentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Bastin-et-al.2019_The-global-tree-restoration-potential.pdf
Tour the Trees
This year Centre Wellington is proud to host Tour the Trees on Saturday, July 14th, 2018 from 10am-12pm. Our group of riders will be making ten stops throughout Fergus and Elora to learn more about the historic foundation and beauty on which our community thrives.
Registration is $25 per rider and helmets are required.
To register please email canadiantreefundtrustee@gmail.com.
A special thanks to the Township of Centre Wellington and the Fergus-Elora Rotary Club for sponsoring this event.
Tree Talk: Feb 5, 2020, Going Carbon Neutral: It Takes a Village
Going Carbon Neutral: It Takes A Village
Date: Wednesday, Feb 5th, 2020
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Where: Elora Centre for the Arts, 75 Melville St, Elora
Cost: Free for members, $5 non-members
Speaker: LINDA SWORD
In 2007, Eden Mills decided to be the first village in North America to “go carbon neutral”, to emit no more CO2 than it absorbs. As we all know, this is easier said than done! Although the village has not yet reached its goal, we have taken the measure of more than 4500 tonnes of emissions, de-mystified their sources, and taken practical steps to bring them down! We’ll fill you in on how and what we have accomplished so far, everything from changing light bulbs to planting trees to an energy retrofit of our 100-year-old heritage community hall to carbon neutrality. Eden Mills Going Carbon Neutral is a recipient of a Clean50 2020 Top Project Award. See our Project Site.
About the speaker: Linda has been involved with Eden Mills Going Carbon Neutral since 2007, with a focus on communications. She prepared the handbook So You Want to Go Carbon Neutral. Linda brings her experience as an arts administrator and writer, from roles with the Canada Council for the Arts, the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa, international productions, the Board of the Elora Festival and Grand Philharmonic Choir, and the Board of the Concerned Residents Coalition fighting the proposed Hidden Quarry near Rockwood.
Neighbourwoods thanks our 2019-20 Tree Talk Sponsor, the Elora-Salem Horticultural Society.
Looking to have some tree work done?
Neighbourwoods encourages residents to hire a qualified arborist to maintain the health andvigor of private trees, and to address potential safety concerns. An arborist can also determine when a tree can no longer be maintained and should be removed due to health, structural concerns, or safety concerns that may impact long-term viability. Tree removal around buildings, vehicles and wires present special challenges.
Although the tree care industry is not regulated, many arborists choose to become certified by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) which mandates arboricultural training and continuing education, as well as adherence to the Certified Arborist Code of Ethics. A qualified arborist should be certified with the ISA or a comparable organization, have liability insurance, Workers Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage, and provide detailed estimates prior to undertaking any work.
If you are looking to have tree work done, there are many qualified contractors working in the Township of Centre Wellington, we invite you to start by visiting the website of the newly formed CW Arborist Association. Every member has volunteered their time and expertise with Neighbourwoods.
Tree Walk: Oct 19, 2019, Fungi in the Forest
Date: Saturday, Oct 19
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Where: Aboyne Trail (968 Wellington Road 18, south side of road, just east of Wellington County Museum)
Cost: $5.00. Please email neighbourwoods@eloraenvironmentcentre.ca
to pre-register.
Join us for a walk with arborist Kyle McLoughlin. Learn to identify common fungi, the difference between a mushroom and a conk, and see how fungi interact with trees on a daily basis. Ideas discussed in the Role of Fungi in Urban Forestry talk will be expanded. You will be surprised at what you’ll learn.
About the speaker and guide: Kyle McLoughlin is a member of the International Society of Arboriculture Ontario Chapter education committee. He has delivered numerous workshops and lectures on plant pathology and the relationship between trees and fungus. Kyle is the owner and Practicing Arborist of Ironwood Arboricultural Solutions, and has practiced arboriculture in Canada, the United States, and Australia.
Neighbourwoods thanks our 2019-20 Tree
Talk Sponsor, the Elora-Salem Horticultural Society, for their
support.