LEAF, the group that created the adopt-a-tree plan at work on Bayview Ave. is working to raise awareness and money for a monarch butterfly corridor through the heart o the city. The monarchs are returning from the Mexican reserve where they winter but their numbers are greatly depleted for reasons not entirely understood. The butterfly population is said to fluctuate. But now LEAF — Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests — is hoping to encourage people to plant the milkweed plant, natural food an environment of the monarchs. LEAF will be planting milkweed at their Urban Forest Demonstration Garden at the Spadina TTC Station. They invite people to come out on the morning on June 7, 2014 and learn how to plant their own milkweed throughout the city. The the milkweed program is inspired by the David Suzuki Foundation. LEAF wants to plant “monarch corridor”
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LEAF, the group that created the adopt-a-tree plan at work on Bayview Ave. is working to raise awareness and money for a monarch butterfly corridor through the heart o the city. The monarchs are returning from the Mexican reserve where they winter but their numbers are greatly depleted for reasons not entirely understood. The butterfly population is said to fluctuate. But now LEAF — Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests — is hoping to encourage people to plant the milkweed plant, natural food an environment of the monarchs. LEAF will be planting milkweed at their Urban Forest Demonstration Garden at the Spadina TTC Station. They invite people to come out on the morning on June 7, 2014 and learn how to plant their own milkweed throughout the city. The the milkweed program is inspired by the David Suzuki Foundation.