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lbnevs · #**4781** Posted **Jun 27, 2025, 8:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

A few years ago I just went to the greenhouse and bought two American Elms and planted them myself before my boulevard trees die. Worth a few hundred dollars. Now they are 20 feet tall and will be ready by the time the old ones are lost.

Hilariously, doing this is against city bylaws.

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"Can a property owner prune, remove, or plant a tree themselves?
"No, the pruning, removal, and planting of trees is relatively high risk work that must be completed by qualified and insured experts (see the Agreement for Contractors to Perform Arboricultural Services on Trees Under the Control of the Urban Forestry Branch). Risks from improperly completed work include damage to property and injury to members of the public. Therefore, this type of work is not allowed except by a professional who has qualified with us.

If you want to plant a tree on the boulevard, you have to choose from a prescreened list of contractors, prepare a proposal for the city to review and approve, and then you have to pay them to plant the trees and then water and maintain them for *two* years!

WinCitySparky · #**4782** Posted **Jun 27, 2025, 9:25 PM**

I planted a bur oak and a hackberry where the gaps were in front of my house on the blvd, after the city told me they would get back to me within 3 years. After 3 years they are already 12 feet tall from being bucket-size saplings back then that cost me $25 each. I water and tend them myself. 3 more years and they’ll be 20 feet or more I imagine at this speed.

ColdRain&Snow · #**4783** Posted **Jun 27, 2025, 9:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

I planted a bur oak and a hackberry where the gaps were in front of my house on the blvd, after the city told me they would get back to me within 3 years. After 3 years they are already 12 feet tall from being bucket-size saplings back then that cost me $25 each. I water and tend them myself. 3 more years and they’ll be 20 feet or more I imagine at this speed.

Should have been an arborist instead of a sparky

WinCitySparky · #**4784** Posted **Jun 27, 2025, 10:27 PM**

Bahah if only it paid as well

cllew · #**4785** Posted **Jun 27, 2025, 10:55 PM**

I had a commercial tree company in last fall to trim back a tree in my back yard and for what they charged somebody is getting paid well.

And they were the lowest cost of the 3 quotes I had.

trueviking · #**4786** Posted **Jun 27, 2025, 11:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by lbnevs

Hilariously, doing this is against city bylaws.

If you want to plant a tree on the boulevard, you have to choose from a prescreened list of contractors, prepare a proposal for the city to review and approve, and then you have to pay them to plant the trees and then water and maintain them for *two* years!

Nope. Was all by the book. You do have to have a company do it. I paid the greenhouse $50. Was easy. You need to check with hydro and send that to the city. Took half an hour.

It should be a well advertised one step process. I’m sure many homeowners would gladly shell out a few hundred dollars to plant a tree in front of their house instead of waiting for their tree to die and have it replaced. By the time my tree is dead it will have a grown in replacement.

trueviking · #**4787** Posted **Jun 27, 2025, 11:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

I planted a bur oak and a hackberry where the gaps were in front of my house on the blvd, after the city told me they would get back to me within 3 years. After 3 years they are already 12 feet tall from being bucket-size saplings back then that cost me $25 each. I water and tend them myself. 3 more years and they’ll be 20 feet or more I imagine at this speed.

Hackberry's are beauties. I wish half the trees they plant were those. It’s the best American elm replacement. Not quite the same crown but close. Grow fast too.

trueviking · #**4788** Posted **Jun 27, 2025, 11:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by drew

^ hopefully they are a variety that isn't affected by dutch elm?

We got an Ohio Buckeye tree.

New ones are more resistant but they generally don’t die from it until they are older. So hopefully once it’s old (I will be long gone) Dutch elm will be less of an issue.

zalf · #**4789** Posted **Jun 28, 2025, 12:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

Nope. Was all by the book. You do have to have a company do it. I paid the greenhouse $50. Was easy. You need to check with hydro and send that to the city. Took half an hour.

It should be a well advertised one step process. I’m sure many homeowners would gladly shell out a few hundred dollars to plant a tree in front of their house instead of waiting for their tree to die and have it replaced. By the time my tree is dead it will have a grown in replacement.

I know you're all about the Twitter, but this is the stuff of a good blog post.

trueviking · #**4790** Posted **Jun 28, 2025, 12:37 AM**

^ it’s true. If more people knew, more would do it. It should be a well advertised simple process.

I bought a ten foot tree just because I could. They happened to have a couple extra American Elms from a commercial job so I took them. But most homeowners would at least buy a small one, especially if it’s a proactive replacement and you have time.

Mine took a couple years to catch, which is apparently common if you plant a bigger one but it’s growing well now. Adds a few feet per year. I planted it during Covid and it’s probably 20’ high now.

lbnevs · #**4791** Posted **Jun 28, 2025, 5:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by trueviking

Nope. Was all by the book. You do have to have a company do it. I paid the greenhouse $50. Was easy. You need to check with hydro and send that to the city. Took half an hour.

It should be a well advertised one step process. I’m sure many homeowners would gladly shell out a few hundred dollars to plant a tree in front of their house instead of waiting for their tree to die and have it replaced. By the time my tree is dead it will have a grown in replacement.

That sounds way simpler and easier than the city makes it out to be.

The process (as it's described on the city site) is that you hire an arborist from their list of 18 pre-qualified contractors, and then you submit the form for approval (10 day turnaround), and one part of the agreement is that the professional arborist needs to not only specify the approved species and size, but also attach a two-season (May-end of Oct) maintenance plan with weekly watering by the *contractor*.

https://legacy.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/p...eement_for_Contractors_2023_Fillable.pdf

trueviking · #**4792** Posted **Jun 29, 2025, 1:14 AM**

Too much bureaucracy at the city?…..you don’t say.

Wpg_Guy · #**4793** Posted **Jul 3, 2025, 5:54 PM**

269 River Ave.
Location: 269 River Ave.
Developers: Brokenhead Ojibway Nation Development Corp. | Freedhome Developments Ltd.
Architect: Cibinel Architecture Ltd
Status: In Development
Documents: Variance:25-151482/C-May 5, 2025 | Zoning Agreement Amendment–June 24, 2025
Media: Brokenhead to build apartment block in Osborne area-Winnipeg Sun
Description: The subject property is located on the north side of River Avenue, in the River-Osborne neighbourhood of the Fort Rouge - East Fort Garry ward. The proponent is building a 147-unit apartment with 60 units rented at affordable rates, with priority given to members of Brokenhead Ojibway First Nation and other First Nations community members. The new building will be seven (7) storeys in height and have an L-shaped building configuration, This development is a recipient of the Housing Accelerator Fund Capital Grant Incentive.
Permits:

reallycoolguy · #**4794** Posted **Jul 14, 2025, 4:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by ColdRain&Snow

I'm not entirely sure what will happen next, but I don't think I will be hearing back again from the City. Unlike the city planners, I don't think the zoning department is very public facing. I imagine the zoning department will issue some sort of notice to Sunrex asking them to stop using the property for an unpermitted use or else risk being fined. At that point in time, Sunrex will probably try to rezone the property to C2, which would allow it to be used as a parking lot. Rezoning properties always goes to a vote with the Standing Policy Committee on Property and Development. Sherri Rollins is the head of that Committee and also the City Councilor for Osborne Village. In the past, she has expressed strong resistance to rezoning residential properties to commercial in Osborne Village (for good reason). So essentially I'm guessing that Sunrex will try to rezone the property and SPC Property and Development will deny that rezoning. Not sure what Sunrex would do with the lot after that. Hopefully sell it to a developer who would like to build some actual housing.

Just as a follow up to this, SunRex has taken down their signage and rebar for their illegal parking lot, but it's still very much being used for parking.

Does anyone know if this lot has been sold to a developer or anything? It's been a few years now.

ColdRain&Snow · #**4795** Posted **Jul 14, 2025, 4:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by reallycoolguy

Just as a follow up to this, SunRex has taken down their signage and rebar for their illegal parking lot, but it's still very much being used for parking.

Does anyone know if this lot has been sold to a developer or anything? It's been a few years now.

From the first page of Winnipeg Construction XI:

36 Roslyn Road
Location: 36 Roslyn Road
Developer:
Architect: Verne Reimer Architecture
Status: In development
Documents:
Media:
Description: Located in Osborne Village, a new seven story building with 72 dwelling units, 21 vehicle parking stalls and 52 bicycle parking spaces in the interior, ground floor, bike room.