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Leslieville Tree Festival scene
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A tree grows in Leslieville, thanks to festival

June 17, 2019October 16, 2019 Rodger Burnside LEAF, Leslie Grove Park, Leslie Street, Leslieville Tree Festival, Paula Fletcher

The Leslieville Tree Festival was about more than planting a single tree but was a celebration of the urban forest in Toronto in general.

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Community Events THINGS TO DO 

June 15: Get a free shrub at Leslieville fest

June 1, 2019June 14, 2019 Streeter staff Jones Avenue, LEAF, Leslie Grove Park, Leslieville Tree Festival, Queen Street East

The Leslieville Tree Festival runs from 12 noon to 4 p.m. on June 15 at Leslie Grove Park, 1158 Queen St. E. at Jones Avenue.

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tree festival header
Community Events THINGS TO DO 

June 15: Tree festival in Leslieville

June 2, 2018June 23, 2019 Streeter staff LEAF, Leslie Grove Park, Leslieville BIA, Paula Fletcher, Queen Street East, tree festival

The Leslieville Tree Festival takes place in Leslie Grove Park, 1158 Queen St. E., on June 16 from 12 noon to 4 p.m.

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LEAF planting
THINGS TO DO 

April 11: Orientation for LEAF volunteers

March 25, 2018March 1, 2018 Streeter staff LEAF, St. Clair Avenue East

he Deer Park Library is hosting a one-hour orientation for Toronto LEAF volunteers on April 11.

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THINGS TO DO 

March 5: Training for Adopt-a-Park-Tree program at Locke Library

February 27, 2018March 2, 2018 Streeter staff Adopt-a-Park-Tree, LEAF, Locke library

Start an Adopt-a-Park Tree program in your local park.

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NEWS 

Mihevc offering free trees in Ward 21

March 19, 2015March 20, 2015 Eric Emin Wood Joe Mihevc, LEAF

On April 1, Ward 21 residents will begin receiving hand-delivered pamphlets from Councillor Joe Mihevc’s office inviting them to request a new tree for their front yards — free of charge.

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NEWS 

A pre-harvest gathering

September 8, 2014October 16, 2019 Dan Hoddinott Artscape Wychwood Barns, edible tree tour, LEAF, Not Far from the Tree, Orchard People

Local tree enthusiasts gathered at Wychwood Barns Park on Aug. 23 to take part in a two-hour tour of neighbourhood

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NEWS 

Bayview’s trees getting buckets of love

September 12, 2012 Town Crier staff Bayview Buckets Adopt-A-Tree, Helen Godfrey, LEAF, trees

South Eglinton resident asked businesses to help their leafy friends

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NEWS 

‘A tree is like an old friend’

July 29, 2010 Town Crier staff LEAF, photography, Pietropaolo, trees

One provides shade over some tombstones in a cemetery. Another dwarfs a house on Bellevue Avenue.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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