150Th Birthday Present to Ourselves: Trees in the Glebe by Angela Keller-Herzog Tree Ottawa – Ecology Ottawa
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Serving the Glebe community since 1973 www.glebereport.ca ISSN 0702-7796 November 11, 2016 Vol. 44 No. 10 Issue no. 486 FREE ERZOG H PHOTO: A. KELLER- A. PHOTO: Bob Acton, First Avenue resident, is keen to have a tree planted in 2017. 150th birthday present to ourselves: Trees in the Glebe by Angela Keller-Herzog Tree Ottawa – Ecology Ottawa. neighbourhood to look for spots where of trees planned or planted. The com- Incoming co-chair of the GCA a new generation of Glebe trees can be mittee hopes to be able to come back Let’s treat ourselves for our 150th Environment Committee Judith Slater planted. The initiative is timely, as the to the Glebe Report readership by the birthday in 2017! Let’s make our commented, “What do we love about Glebe has lost about 15 per cent of its end of 2017 with a map showing new neighbourhood even more beautiful. the look and feel of the Glebe? For canopy to the emerald ash borer. As tree locations and species. Let’s adorn our neighbourhood with many, if not most of us, the trees in well, many of the neighbourhood’s tall City foresters responsible for the stately greenery by planting 150 or the Glebe are a big reason to love the trees are aging and succession plant- Glebe area are supportive, including more new trees for our birthday! That neighbourhood. They are calming. ing is sorely needed on some streets. those working through the Trees in is the idea behind the new “Trees in They are beautiful. They are impres- The GCA Environment Commit- Trust program. The Glebe Environ- the Glebe” initiative. sive. They are stately. There is just tee will be tracking the tree locations ment Committee has prepared a Tree This initiative is a partnership of the something about them that is hard to to see if residents plant 150 new trees Selection Guide that is available on Environment Committee of the Glebe put into words.” over the coming year (starting this Community Association (GCA) and Trees in the Glebe is a call-out to the fall). They will also track the species Continued on page 2 MARK YOUR CALENDARS WHAT’S INSIDE Nov. 12 ................... Christmas Bazaar, Southminster Church Nov. 14 ................... Walk on the Tracks, paintings by Paul Guttadauria, GCC Nov. 17–20 ............ Ottawa Guild of Potters sale, Hort. Bldg., Lansdowne Nov. 18–20 ............ Craft & Artisan Fair, GCC Nov. 19 ................... Christmas Bazaar, St. Giles Church Nov. 19 ................... Heather Dale Concert, 7:30 p.m.Glebe St. James Church Nov. 19 ................... Messiah Concert, St. Matthew’s Church, 3 p.m. Nov. 22 ................... GCA Monthly Meeting, GCC, 7 p.m. Nov. 26 ................... Ottawa Sport Summit, Hort. Bldg. Lansdowne Stomping Grounds, purveyors of quality Triathlon in the mountains and fjords of Nov. 26 ................... Christmas Bazaar, Glebe St. James Church menswear Page 20 Norway Page 37 Nov. 26 ................... Ottawa Bach Choir concert, St. Matthew’s, 8 p.m. Dec. 1–2 ................ SleepOUT for Youth fundraiser, Stadium, Lansdowne NEXT ISSUE: Friday, December 9, 2016 EDITORIAL DEADLINE: Friday, November 18, 2016 Dec. 3 ..................... Seventeen Voyces concert, St. Matthew’s 7:30 p.m. ADVERTISING ARTWORK DEADLINE*: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 *Book ads well in advance to ensure space availability. Full Service online grocery shopping and home delivery, now 7 days a week. 754 Bank Street 613.232.9466 metroglebe.com @metroglebe.com 2 Glebe Report November 11, 2016 TREES Trees in the Glebe Everyone can participate! Look for tree planting spots next time you are out and about! • If you are a tenant, you can call on your landlord. Especially if you have a suggestion as to what kind of tree might be suitable and an offer to help take care of the tree, your landlord might be open to the idea. • If you are a homeowner, see if you have space on your property for another tree. Think about succession planning – new trees can establish their root systems in the understory while old trees live out their last decade. • If you are a homeowner and you have a space in front of your house that is on City property (the so-called “street allowance” Trees are calming, beautiful, impressive, stately. strip of land), then you can call the City of Ottawa’s Trees in Trust Program and they will plant a tree for you. Continued from page 1 • If you are a user of our parks, you can call on the City (dial 311) to plant more trees. Let us know too, so we can collect individual request, to help residents identify a to get your planned new tree on the proposals for parks and echo your suggestions. suitable tree to plant. Glebe 2017 tree map or to send your The initiative will not pay for the suggestion as to where one should be • If you are walking down the street and you see a spot where you cost of new trees, which ranges from planted. think a tree should be – let us know. We will follow up with the about $50 to $150, but if requested, we property owner who may want to consider planting. will help with advice, transport of new Angela Keller-Herzog is co-chair of trees from nurseries, and planting. the Environment Committee of the Contact [email protected] Glebe Community Association. The Polar Express - Our Annual Christmas Movie Mayfair Theatre - Saturday, November 26th. Doors Open at 9;30 a.m. Show Starts at 10:00 a.m. Free Admission, small popcorn & small beverage with a non-perishable food donation to Habitat for Humanity. 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The position that the traditional Main Street and Glebe story one for the text- respect to the Lansdowne develop- should be protected but “maybe they should be allowed to go above 15 metres books,” October 2016 Glebe Report) ment. Glebe residents, understandably, high” makes no sense to me. The two are incompatible. And the idea of allowing and Frank Johnson (“Learning the find “moving on” impossible when, the developers to go over 15 metres as long as it “does not set a general prece- Lansdowne lessons”) for skillfully during every game, event and fes- dent” demonstrates a lack of understanding of how City Council and the OMB countering the rosy accounts of the tival, our small neighbourhood is work. The developers have already cited the size of the Lord Lansdowne as jus- recent history and the current situ- invaded by 24,000 people. This influx, tification for the height. And if 15 metres is exceeded here, every new developer ation in letters that appeared in the with its attendant traffic and parking would seek to use it as a precedent in their application.