In partnership with Tree Canada / Arbres Canada, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada and the National Capital Commission, together we planted 141 trees at Brébeuf Park on Saturday morning (May 27th)! The tree species planted were silver maple, balsam poplar and eastern cottonwood. Thank you to all who helped! With ongoing tree maintenance we look forward to […]
New FCF Tree Planting along Riverside!!
Thank you to all who came out to the plant trees this Sunday, May 28! As part of the Ottawa Centre Tree Planting Initiative led by MP Yasir Naqvi, and in collaboration with CAFES Ottawa, Forests Ontario and National Capital Commission, Ottawa Centre community members helped plant 43 native trees along the Rideau River! It was a perfect day to […]
May Newsletter
May Newsletter VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY! Volunteers needed tomorrow to pot up tree seedlings! FCF is looking for volunteers to help pot up bare root tree seedlings at our Base of Operations from 1pm to 3pm this Friday (May 19th). We have hundreds of seedlings that need to be potted up before they are used in our future afforestation projects! Please email […]
April Newsletter
CELEBRATE EARTH DAY 2023! Unique and interactive Earth Day workshop coming up! A reminder that Forêt Capitale Forest Director – Shelley Lambert will be speaking at an amazing workshop on Saturday, April 22th on RIGHT TREE, RIGHT LOCATION: GROWING A NEIGHBOURHOOD. Orientation and practical tips set the stage for a workshop in the Hendrick Farm community on best practices for […]
How to push towards carbon neutrality? Interesting article explains.
(le français suit) Interesting to read this article after a wonderful workshop Saturday, March 25th, 2023 with fellow non-profit Eco Echo and participants from La Pêche Global Forest Group Cities (…) have been pushing towards carbon neutrality. To get there, we need to encourage the development of a healthy civil society in cities worldwide that have room to experiment and share […]