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Native Tree Walk at Brickworks

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June 11th 2-4PM
Join arborist, Todd Irvine, for a guided tour of the native trees within the stunning quarry and adjacent ravine of the Don Valley Brick Works, a former industrial site now run by the Evergreen Foundation. Todd is the Communications and Outreach Coordinator for LEAF, an organization dedicated to the appreciation and enhancement of Toronto’s urban forest, and a longtime friend of Spacing. He is also a founding member of the Toronto Psychogeopraphy Society, so his walks are relaxed and fun.

Learn tricks to identify trees, explore a geologically significant site, experience the beauty of spring just underneath all those Rosedale mansions. To register, or for more information, email or call 416-596-1495 x 249.

You can get there via Bayview, but the best way is to meander north from Castle Frank station,finding Craigleigh Gardens, and then taking the “Milkman’s Lane” trail that runs down into the valley, and ultimately to the Brickworks site.

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