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Project type: Aftercare Year: 2017 Season: Spring The afternoon started off very windy, but the Libro volunteers stayed nice and warm working hard to care for all of the 2000+ trees planted at Meadowgate Fields! There were lots of laughs and lots of love for the trees that are now looking in great shape to survive another summer!…

Project type: Park Naturalization Year: 2017 Season: Spring Kaitlin, Brad, and Victoria were absolutely thrilled that over 85 volunteers came out to help increase woodland cover in their neighbourhood! It was our biggest planting of the year so far with nearly 100 volunteers and 400 trees! Our volunteers were very excited about the planting opportunity and had lots…

Project type: Corporate Sponsored Projects Year: 2017 Season: Spring ReForest London staff Kaitlin and Brad, along with Tree Canada representative Donald Craig were joined by 8 staff from the IKEA Canada London to plant 36 native trees and 20 native shrubs in and around a pond in south London.  This planting project was first in a a multi-year…

Project type: Million Tree Challenge Year: 2017 Season: Spring Two community-minded MTC Partners teamed up for a big promotion of tree planting and London’s Million Tree Challenge, Forest City Road Races and Bentley Hearing Services. FCRR Race Director, Steve Ryall, again committed to getting the word and the trees out for a big seedling giveaway to race registrants…

Project type: Million Tree Challenge Year: 2017 Season: Spring One of the most special events ReForest London hosts each year is the Celebration Forest Tree Planting Ceremony. Hundreds of people show up to this event to plant trees in memory or in celebration, and to have MTC Partner support for this event in particular is greatly appreciated. This…

Project type: Schools Year: 2017 Season: Spring On May 3, 2017, ReForest London visited St Paul Catholic School to plant 15 new schoolyard trees with students. We were thrilled to see the sun after a very rainy week, and students loved being outside and participating in this unique greening project! Each class that participated in planting also took…

Project type: Other Year: 2017 London Life has been a strong supporter of a greener city since 2009 through their role as Lead Sponsor of ReForest London. We could not do what we do without this dedicated backing, and recently, ReForest London asked London Life to describe just how mutually beneficial this ongoing relationship is. Why is…

The first Million Tree Challenge Awards were presented to five well-deserving Partners in London’s Million Tree Challenge on October 20, 2016 at the annual A Toast to Trees event. These awards recognize great contributions by businesses, organizations and individuals who are making a difference through their support of tree planting in London, Ontario. The Solid…