WHAT: LEAF's last tree tour for 2009 WHEN: Wednesday, September 23 @ 6pm WHERE: St. James Town. Meet at northwest corner of Winchester Street and Rose Avenue (Winchester Public School). Fall has almost officially arrived. And as the summer comes to a close, so do LEAF's popular Toronto Tree Tours. LEAF arborist Todd Irvine (also one of Spacing's founding editors, our former Greenspace columnist, and a regular contributor to the Spacing Toronto blog) has conducted over 80 tours throughout Toronto over the past four years, raising our awareness of the importance the urban forest and turning the media and local politicians on to trees by making issues of mulch, soil compaction and canopy cover sexy (or at least sexier than they sound). The last tree tour of 2009 is set to take place this Wednesday at 6pm in St. James Town. This will also be Todd's last tour. Knowing that LEAF's tree tours are in the capable hands of tour coordinator Claudio Tata, Todd, who also works as a consulting arborist, has decided to move on to explore other yet-to-be determined projects (we hope to get him talking on Spacing Radio soon). Over 800 people attended a Toronto Tree Tour this year alone. If you weren't one of them, or even if you were, consider joining the St. James Town tour Wednesday night. The group will meet at the corner of Winchester and Rose, in front of Winchester Public School.

The Toronto Tree Tours is a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee that offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parkdale Tree Tour: Stop 13 Street trees suffer many more environmental stresses than trees growing in a forest. This honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is planted in a bed of concrete, an unnatural condition for any tree. ...

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...

Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The Toronto Tree Tours offers walking tours in neighbourhoods across the city as well as virtual tours on its web site. The aim is to introduce Torontonians to the individual trees in their neighbourhood while telling stories of our city's ecological and cultural history. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ...