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Rooting for a goode cause. Deborah Martin-Downs and sons Greg, 3, and Colin, 9 months, help plant a tree yesterday in Riverdale Park. The trio were am(...)
Rooting for a goode cause. Deborah Martin-Downs and sons Greg, 3, and Colin, 9 months, help plant a tree yesterday in Riverdale Park. The trio were am(...)

Rooting for a goode cause. Deborah Martin-Downs and sons Greg, 3, and Colin, 9 months, help plant a tree yesterday in Riverdale Park. The trio were am(...)

Date11/3/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rooting for a goode cause. Deborah Martin-Downs and sons Greg; 3; and Colin; 9 months; help plant a tree yesterday in Riverdale Park. The trio were among a group including mayoral candidate Jack Layton who helped 1;000 plants take root in the park.
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Starting Small: Vanessa Tyson, 6, gets a hand as she and 800 other school children mark Tree Day yesterday by planting 1,200 trees in Riverdale Park
Starting Small: Vanessa Tyson, 6, gets a hand as she and 800 other school children mark Tree Day yesterday by planting 1,200 trees in Riverdale Park
4/21/1992
Octopus Tree, High Park's 225-year-old oak tree was being cut down today, the victim of old age and many lightning strikes
Octopus Tree, High Park's 225-year-old oak tree was being cut down today, the victim of old age and many lightning strikes
11/16/1983
Everybody still on?, A tractor pulls a flatbed full of parents and children on their way to chop down a tree at Horton Tree Farms yesterday
Everybody still on?, A tractor pulls a flatbed full of parents and children on their way to chop down a tree at Horton Tree Farms yesterday
12/16/1984
Lee Trevino, left, and Greg Norman were in fine spirits at Canadian Open invitational event at Maple Downs yesterday
Lee Trevino, left, and Greg Norman were in fine spirits at Canadian Open invitational event at Maple Downs yesterday
8/30/1988
They saw a tree: Bob Murcott of Rolling Meadows Farm near Brooklin shows children how to cut down a Christmas tree
They saw a tree: Bob Murcott of Rolling Meadows Farm near Brooklin shows children how to cut down a Christmas tree
11/21/1990
A tree for tomorrow, Metro worker Jody Rosenblatt shows, from left, 8-year-old Andrew and Stephen Yuie, 5, Marie Macinally and Joe Holmes how to plant(...)
A tree for tomorrow, Metro worker Jody Rosenblatt shows, from left, 8-year-old Andrew and Stephen Yuie, 5, Marie Macinally and Joe Holmes how to plant(...)
5/12/1991
Tree lovers: Under the direction of teacher Robert Nagle, Melissa Smith, 18, and Robert Kidd, 18, plant seedling as part of the Trees for Today and Tomorrow program
Tree lovers: Under the direction of teacher Robert Nagle, Melissa Smith, 18, and Robert Kidd, 18, plant seedling as part of the Trees for Today and Tomorrow program
5/14/1990
On the way: For 3 1/2-year-old Caleb (left) and 1 1/2-year-old Cody Cooper, picking up the Christmas tree is the first important step toward Christmas morning
On the way: For 3 1/2-year-old Caleb (left) and 1 1/2-year-old Cody Cooper, picking up the Christmas tree is the first important step toward Christmas morning
12/12/1986
Timber!: Tara Gauthier, 5, left, puts blade to trunk as Brian McGee, 4, and Keith Horton of Horton Tree Farm help out during Wexford Public School students' outing to cut their own
Timber!: Tara Gauthier, 5, left, puts blade to trunk as Brian McGee, 4, and Keith Horton of Horton Tree Farm help out during Wexford Public School students' outing to cut their own
11/30/1987
Please replace your Divots!, Some mechanical brawn is enlisted to help with tree-planting at the Bayview Golf and Country Club at Leslie St. and Steeles Ave
Please replace your Divots!, Some mechanical brawn is enlisted to help with tree-planting at the Bayview Golf and Country Club at Leslie St. and Steeles Ave
11/2/1977
They lost of wife and mother 5 1/2 months ago and life has been a struggle since, Kevin Murphy and sons, from top, Sean, 10, Mike, 9, and Steven, 7, have difficulty coping with mundane, day-to-day things
They lost of wife and mother 5 1/2 months ago and life has been a struggle since, Kevin Murphy and sons, from top, Sean, 10, Mike, 9, and Steven, 7, have difficulty coping with mundane, day-to-day things
11/29/1977
Young foresters: Five-year-old Joseph Piteo, left, has trouble cutting down a Christmas tree despite a helping hand from classmate Philip Perzia
Young foresters: Five-year-old Joseph Piteo, left, has trouble cutting down a Christmas tree despite a helping hand from classmate Philip Perzia
11/28/1986