We had a great turnout at the first Tree Ottawa workshop at the Centrepointe RBC last night! Our fantastic line-up of speakers shared relevant, useful, and inspiring information:
- Bettina Henkelman of Morrison Hershfield showed us how to address the challenges homeowners face when trying to maintain large trees, and dispelled several urban myths about trees
We would also like to thank the Centrepointe RBC for so generously hosting our workshop. Royal Bank is a founding sponsor of Tree Ottawa, having made a very generous donation to the initiative over the next three years. This funding has been essential to allowing the initiative to get on its feet. RBC recognizes the importance that trees have on creating healthy watersheds, which is the primary focus of RBC's Bluewater Initiative
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