Green Space / Espace vert
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Le mardi des arbres: l’Érable à sucre, reine de notre domaine forestier
Si on dit que notre érable le plus célèbre, l’érable à sucre, est la reine de la Forêt Montréal, qui en serait le roi? Et pourquoi avoir...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Tree Tuesday/Le mardi des arbres: The Ash That No One Knows
Before I pick up where I left off in last week’s column on the subject of true members versus imposter members of the olive family, I’d like...
By Bronwyn Chester -
22 septembre : En ville sans ma voiture !
Whether it’s something to plan for or something to plan around, car-free day is returning for a 6th edition in Montreal, on Monday September 22nd...
By Cédric Sam -
Le mardi des arbres: l’Olivier de Bohême, l’olivier prétendant
Mon voisin a résolu un mystère qui se passait dans ma cour. Mon olivier de Bohême (Russian olive, Elaeagnus angustifolia) est un arbre facilement...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Tree Tuesday: Respecting Our Elders – the Red Elderberry
How can I ever get it together/Without a wife in line/To pick the crop and get me hot/On elderberry wine Lyrics from Elton John’s Elderberry Wine, 1972...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Tree Tuesday/Les arbres du mardi : Le temps des cerises; le merisier, Prunus pensylvania, Pin cherry
Bonjour du Bas-du-fleuve où je suis en vacances. Avant de vous parler de l’arbre de ce mardi, le merisier, j’ai quelques commentaires par rapport Ã...
By Bronwyn Chester -
“Hampstead still hates the environment”
Back when areas like the Plateau were considered old, decrepit and nasty, rather than trendy and desirable, a number of affluent suburbs did all they...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Tree Tuesday / Le mardi des arbres: The American elm (Ulmus americana, Orme d’Amérique)
Many thanks for the warm reception of last week’s inaugural column. One thing I forgot to mention was that the language of the column will alternate from...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Tree Tuesday: The Amur Maple
Editor’s note: We’re pleased to introduce a new weekly column by the writer and tree enthusiast Bronwyn Chester. Each Tuesday, Bronwyn will...
By Bronwyn Chester -
This weekend~cette fin de semaine: 2008 Fête Bio-Paysanne
Cette fin de semaine, de vendredi à dimanche, La Tohu (une organization qui est associer avec l’École nationale de cirque) sera l’hôte de la...
By Julie Fournier -
Hydroelectricity’s Landscape
Les Escaliers des Géants: Spillway of the Robert Bourassa Hydroelectric Dam. Photo by Lily Pan, June 24th 2008. Used with permission. 1300 kilometers...
By Alanah Heffez -
Treestump Garden
The other day while biking up Laval st. in the Plateau, I passed by this entirely charming reclamation of a treestump. It was obvious that someone had...
By Sherwin Tjia