Street trees are tough cookies. They survive in bad soil and polluted air. They give us back oxgen, and in the summer they cool our walks with their shade.

I like how people tend the street trees and create small gardens around the their beds. Here is a round-up of some of the tree beds in Loisaida this autumn.

wooden bed with white fencing

a suburban look with mums

lush bed garden with a bamboo fence

metal tree bed fences make for good bike parking

a minimalist tree bed on Loisaida Avenue

this gardent was created and is tended to by my friend Raquel

tree bed made from the pieces of demolished tenements