What's a tiny forest?

As we heard last week, it's not always easy to find spaces to plant trees in a city.

That's where tiny forests come in.

What started in Japan has become a worldwide movement to plant densely-packed pockets of vegetation in cities, including Montreal.

In this episode of Good Question, Montreal, CBC reporter Ben Shingler shares his documentary.

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As we heard last week, it’s not always easy to find spaces to plant trees in a city. That’s where tiny forests come in. What started in Japan has become a worldwide movement to plant densely-packed pockets of vegetation in cities, including Montreal. CBC reporter Ben Shingler shares his documentary.

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