Saving Wolseley's Elms Project

The Wolseley neighbourhood has been long known and loved for it's beautiful canopy of mature elms. Over the past few decades, we have noticed tree after tree marked and cut down due to Dutch Elm Disease (DED). Currently, Wolseley is losing about 10-15 elms a year due to DED. At this rate, there will be no elms left in Wolseley in 10 years.

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The WRA Tree Committee is seeking funding to inoculate between 150-200 mature elm boulevard trees on Wolseley’s two major streets and thoroughfares – Westminster Avenue and Wolseley Avenue – by way of a root injection treatment that would provide these trees immunity from Dutch Elm Disease for a 3-year period (following which subsequent treatments would be required). 

This initiative is the first part of the WRA’s urban forest strategy for Wolseley, that aims to preserve the mature elm canopy, slow the rate of DED tree mortality and in turn provide time for replanted trees to grow under a mature tree canopy.

The strategy will focus on a 10-year period (2025-2035), with incoluations occurring every 3 years.