Green Space / Espace vert
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Le mardi des arbres: Le févier qui frise et pique
C’est dur à croire que cet arbre, si distingué en hiver par ses longues gousses frisées qui crépitent dans le vent, soit le même arbre si délicat au...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Tree Tuesday: The Old Ash That Was and Why
Despite 17 years of crossing regularly Square St-Louis, it was only last summer when I noticed a glorious old ash among the predominant silver maples...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Le mardi des arbres: Deux arbres et un écureuil
En ce moment-ci de l’année, j’apprécie beaucoup les pommiers et pommetiers. Pendant les dernières trois semaines, j’ai pu observer de...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Roerich Garden highlights abandoned site’s value in the face of St-Viateur expansion
Sprout Out Loud! gardening collective in the Mile End meadow on November 2nd 2008. Photo by Melissa Campbell. In an abandoned CP Rail lot in the Mile End...
By Alanah Heffez -
Tree tuesday: À l’aise with the mélèze
Driving home from east side of Vermont a week ago, it was all I could do not to stop the car to photograph the stunning ocres, yellows and oranges of the...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Hopeful about Les bassins du nouveau havre
“Actually, they are the basins of the ancien havre but that ‘s what happens when the branding guys get hold of this,” commented Mark...
By Alanah Heffez -
Le mardi des arbres: le chêne des marais, le dernier rouge
D’abord, je m’excuse du retard de cette chronique — pas à cause d’un manque d’arbre mais d’un surplus du travail...
By Bronwyn Chester -
By-law passed against cat owners in Rosemont – La Petite Patrie
Be advised: according to this morning’s CBC Radio broadcast, the Rosemont – La Petite Patrie borough has passed a by-law that limits each...
By KC Bolton -
Hunting season in Montreal
Police and wildlife agents spent hours tracking a wild deer through Parc-ex this morning, before managing to corner it in a fenced in area near a train...
By Alanah Heffez -
Tree Tuesday: the good service tree
I was too young at the time to recall the discussion regarding the design of the Canadian flag but I’ve often wondered how the sugar maple leaf was...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Le mardi des arbres: l’arbre aux abricots argentés, le ginkgo
La langue française est géniale pour sa capacité de donner un seul nom pour décrire un collectivité d’arbres, une capacité que l’anglais...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Mind the Gap – What the Tropical Jungle can Teach the Concrete Jungle about Diversity
I’ve been running around this week, interviewing some people about the creative ways that they use public – or not so public – space for...
By Alanah Heffez