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)
News
Neighbourwoods Fall Tree Talk – Review
This fascinating talk was presented on Oct 17, 2019 by arborist Kyle McLoughlin.Fungi are not plants – they belong to their own kingdom. In fact, they are more closely related to animals than plants. If you felt there was a lot to absorb at this talk, think about it this way: imagine you knew very […]
Neighbourwoods – Decade In Review
Linked below is a PDF version of our “Neighbourwoods – Decade In Review” report, detailing the achievements and programs supported by Neighbourwoods between 2009 and 2019.
Plan E Winner Announced
Plan E, a program incubated by Elora Environment Centre with key national partners, is dedicated to finding and equipping the next generation of Canadian youth to better lead and educate around global Climate Change issues. Our first initiative was The Plan E Climate Video Challenge because we believe that stories hold the power to inspire action. […]
An Interview with our Urban Forest Manager, Mat Alain
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 […]
Tour the Trees of Fergus & Elora
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 […]
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 […]
Tree Trust Launch
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 […]
Community Maintenance Pruning – March 2019
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 […]
Tree Inventory Workshop
It was a full house for Neighourwoods second annual Urban Forest Training workshop in Elora this May. This year’s topic: How to Conduct a Tree Inventory. Participants joined us from Perth County, Elmira and Waterloo, along with a dozen new Neighbourwoods volunteers. The Workshop included a mix of class room and field work as participants […]