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TD Tree Days plant 800 native trees and shrubs

November 14, 2024   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

The Nottawasaga River Watershed has an additional 800 native trees and shrubs thanks to the TD Tree Days and the 130 volunteers who planted them at three community planting events held in the fall.

On Sept. 7, 45 volunteers planted 150 trees and shrubs near Little Lake Park in Barrie.

On Sept. 21, the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority hosted another TD Tree Days event at the Whitetail Refuge Nature Reserve in Mono Centre. At that event, 50 volunteers turned out to help put 400 trees and shrubs in the ground.

Another 40 volunteers came together on Oct. 19 to plant 275 trees along the Ganaraska Trail in Creemore.

“This much needed restoration was made possible with the help of the volunteers and the support of TD Tree Days,” said Sarah Campbell of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA), who organized the planting events.  “These events are a great way of engaging our local community in the restoration of natural habitats in our watershed.”

Campbell added, “We were excited to continue working with TD Tree Days this year and look forward to working with them in 2025.”

The newly planted 800 trees and shrubs will create wildlife habitat, provide shade which will help to cool water temperatures, and naturalize the landscape. The trees act as a buffer to filter excess nutrients and pollutants before rain or snowmelt reaches the rivers, steams, and wetlands.

TD Tree Days provides TD employees an opportunity to demonstrate environmental leadership in their local communities. Since TD Tree Days launched in 2010, over 520,000 trees have been planted nationwide.

This year, volunteers will help plan 30,000 more trees and shrubs at various events hosted across the country and around the world.

The NVCA is now booking for 2025 tree planting and stewardship projects.

Landowners who are interested in planting trees and shrubs along streams or wetlands on their property can contact NVCA at 705-424-1479 to arrange a site visit and learn about available funding.

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