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 […]
March Newsletter
Building our interactive walking path! This spring, Forêt Capitale Forest will build an interactive and educational walking path through our Base of Operations which is home to the Red Barn Food Forest and many interesting afforestation projects! We plan to open our projects to the public to gain awareness of our current afforestation projects, inspire local communities and grow local […]
February Newsletter
Winter Preparations for our 2023 planting season! In an attempt to stay ahead of our local bunny pruning team seen making some heading cuts on some draping limbs of a pear tree, we have started to take cuttings from our native shrubs for propagation and planting in the 2023 season. Cutting propagation technique is when we cut a stem or […]
January Newsletter
Recognition from SOUL’s Greener Greenspace Program! Forêt Capitale Forest is proud to announce that we’ve been recognized as part of The Society for Organic Urban Land Care (SOUL)’s Greener Greenspace program for our work on the Red Barn Food Forest in 2022! SOUL is a Canadian organization that cares deeply about responsible land stewardship and started this program to share and inspire […]
December Newsletter
Local Flavours Holiday Market Over two weekends in early December, Forêt Capitale Forest attended the Local Flavours Holiday Market located in the Red Barn at the Just Food Community Farm. We were thankful for the opportunity to share about our mission, vision, and current projects while serving warm apple cider to the local community. We sold preserves made from forest-grown […]