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Tree for Free Shop Closed

We have closed off any further orders for trees and shrubs through our Tree for Free program. We’re now in the process of submitting your orders to the nursery for fulfillment.

Don’t forget to pick up your free trees and shrubs next Saturday at the entrance to Samuel Smith Park. We suggest you print off a copy of your receipt and bring that with you to help ensure you get what you ordered.

Our shop is closed for the winter. Check back in the Spring when we’ll be back with new varieties for you to choose from.

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Tree for Free Virtual Info Session – Monday , September 14th from 6 – 7 pm

You are welcome to participate in this webinar to learn about the Long Branch Tree Inventory Project and the different Native Tree Species being given away for free to increase the Biodiversity of our Urban Forest. 

 Following a short presentation on the trees you will have an opportunity to get any questions you have about your tree selection answered.

Learn more….

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Free Tree Giveaway

Coming up next month, we will once again be giving away free trees to Long Branch residents.

Watch this spot for an update. We’re planning to enable you to order your free tree through our website to make it more convenient for you.

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What is that Tree?

Discover Long Branch and Nature

Join us on this exciting 1.5 hour walk to learn how to identify and talk about trees by looking at leaf anatomy and other distinguishing features!

Two Sessions: Friday, July 3, 2020 at either 9:00 am or 11:30am
Starts and ends in Sam Smith Park

Led by Jonathan Dionne,  Long Branch Tree Stewardship Program Lead and University of Toronto Masters in Forest Conservation Candidate.

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Long Branch Remembers

Long Branch Neighbourhood Association executive member Bill Zufelt (back left), École élémentaire Micheline-Saint-Cyr principal Mirela Lonian and school superintendent Sebastien Fontaine are joined by (from left) students Mahad Nour, 10, Anagha Vishnu, 4, Karen Wizere-Johnson, 10, Faith Lourenco, 4, Roman Liu, 10, Ananya Vishnu, 4, and Dana Sharifi, 10, in celebration of the Long Branch Remembers tree planting on the school grounds. – Staff/Torstar

This year, the LBNA planted 100 trees to honour Canadian Veterans as part of a program to plant 300 trees to commemorate veterans in Long Branch. The program is known as Long Branch Remembers.

All trees planted are native species and were planted at residences in Long Branch whose owners wished to honour a family member who was a veteran.

Here is a link to an article by Tamara Shephard in the Etobicoke Guardian with more details.

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Annual General Meeting

We are holding our Annual General Meeting on Thursday, November 7th at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 101 on Lakeshore Boulevard West in Long Branch.

This will be an occasion for you join with us in celebrating the many successes of the past year and to meet the current members of the Board of Directors.

It’s also an opportunity for you to ask questions or raise issues that affect our Neighbourhood. When we understand what your concerns are, it provides the Board with better direction to help us set priorities and develop programs to address those issues.

This also is the time when we will hold elections for our Board of Directors.

We are planning to expand the size of the Board from 8 members to 12, so we can work on new programs and bring new skills to our leadership.

There will be a separate notice about a call for nominations and to outline the Board positions that are available. We are especially looking for people with skills in fundraising and communications as well as people with planning or legal backgrounds to support our TLAB appeal activities.

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