Davenport door-to-door campaign
Canada’s 402 million ha of forest and other wooded land account for about 10% of the world’s forest cover. In 2005, an estimated 56 000 ha were deforested in Canada http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/news/588
Trees in Davenport
A greener neighbourhood improves the socio-economic well being of communities. By initiating local greening projects to encourage community planning and participation, and by educating the community about the benefits and the proper care of trees, long-term air and water quality will be improved.
FREE front yard trees
GreenHere’s door-to-door campaign is aimed at increasing the local tree canopy and engaging community members in understanding urban health and environmental issue, as well as the simple steps that can be taken to address them, including tree planting and tree care.
GreenHere is canvassing the Davenport neighbourhood to let residents know that the City of Toronto will plant trees on City owned street allowances fronting residential properties for free. FOR FREE! In addition wherever the City of Toronto has completed work on roads, there is extra money made available to plant larger trees (valued at $500.00). GreenHere staff and volunteers will assist residents who wish to have a free large tree planted in their front yard and support homeowners in the planting and caring of trees, which will improve air quality and livability of Toronto neighbourhoods.
Tree Inventory (including residential, commercial, school properties and public spaces, using GIS software)
The Community Urban Forestry Team is conducting an ongoing tree inventory of the area using Neighbourwoods software (developed by U of T professor Andy Kenney). GreenHere’s local tree inventory monitors and measures important elements of the urban forest. The inventory will allow for better planning by identifying where trees are located, their species, size and condition, where there are no trees and potential locations for new trees to be planted. When complete, the inventory data will be added to a national database.
So far, over 4,000 trees (Inventory summary) located in parks, residential and industrial areas have been inventoried.
