Tree Power Returns this Spring

Mark your calendars for our returning Tree Power programs! We have four running this spring including London, Stratford, West Perth and Thames Centre. Tree Power provides affordable native trees to residents thanks to partnerships with sponsors and municipalities. Tree species will include: American Sycamore, Paper Birch, Tulip Tree, White Spruce, and more!

London Hydro Tree Power:

• Sales openÌýon Monday, March 2Ìý
• TreeÌýpickÌýupÌýis onÌýFriday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11
• Shop site:

West Perth Tree Power:

• Sales open on Monday, March 9Ìý
• Tree pick up is on Saturday, April 25Ìý
• Shop site:

Spring Tree Planting on Medway CreekÌý

This spring, the ÌÇÐÄÖ±²¥ (UTRCA) led three days of tree planting on the Medway Creek as a part of the Freshwater Enhancement of the Medway Watershed project, funded by the Canada Water Agency.ÌýÌýÌý

With the help of over 200 Grade 7/8 students, over 750 trees were planted on the Medway Creek, including red maple, sugar maple, willows, white cedar, nannyberry, elderberry, and white pine.ÌýÌý

Thank you to students from Princess Elizabeth Public School and Green Leaders classes from Byron Northview, Ashley Oaks, and Stoney Creek Public Schools. Green Leaders classes chose habitat loss, deforestation, green solutions to climate change, and habitat improvement for their environmental issue and planted these trees as a part of their final "action project".Ìý

UTRCA Board Member Jean Coles and Friends of Medway Creek member Sandy Levin

About this ProjectÌý

Funded by the Canada Water Agency, these tree plantings are part of a 3-year project featuring live staking and tree planting on the Medway Creek. These projects will take place in areas of little vegetation and high erosion potential on Medway Creek and will involve local students, community members, organizations, and municipalities. Live staking and tree planting have many benefits to the local ecosystem, including providing habitat for native species, stabilizing the bank and reducing risk of erosion, cooling the water (through shading), and providing a buffer for surface runoff.ÌýÌýÌýÌý

Want to learn more about this project or interested in helping out? Contact April Scholz, Community Partnership Specialist.