• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Leaside Life
  • Community
    • Churches
    • Cycling
    • History
    • Nature
    • People
    • Schools
    • The Bridge
    • Letters
  • Culture
    • Arts
    • Food
    • Gardening
  • Sport
    • Sports Hall of Fame
  • Local
    • Business
    • Local Politics
    • City Councillor
    • Development
    • Leaside Residents Association
    • Real Estate
  • Features
    • Editor’s Welcome
    • Leaside Green
    • Terry Fallis
    • Leaside Litterati
    • Curious Idler
  • Archive
    • By Author
      • Alan Redway
      • Allan Williams
      • Carol Burtin Fripp
      • Cheryl Vanderburg
      • Daniel Girard
      • Debora Kuchme
      • Geoff Kettel
      • Gerri Gershon
      • Glenn Asano
      • Hailey Eisen
      • Holly Reid
      • Jane Auster
      • Janis Fertuck
      • Jeanne Hopkins
      • Karli Vezina
      • Ken Mallett
      • Lorna Krawchuk
      • Jon Burnside
      • Michael Bliss
      • Robin Dickie
      • Susan Scandiffio
      • Suzanne Park
      • Ted DeWelles
      • Terry Fallis
      • Vicki Hall
      • Will Ashworth
      • Coming Soon
    • Past Issues By Date
      • July 2023
      • 2023
        • June 2023
        • May 2023
        • April 2023
        • March 2023
        • Feb. 2023
        • Jan. 2023
      • 2022
        • December 2022
        • November 2022
        • October 2022
        • September 2022
        • August 2022
        • July 2022
        • June 2022
        • May 2022
        • April 2022
        • March 2022
        • February 2022
        • January 2022
      • 2021
        • December 2021
        • November 2021
        • October 2021
        • September 2021
        • August 2021
        • July 2021
        • June 2021
        • May 2021
        • April 2021
        • March 2021
        • February 2021
        • Jan. 2021
      • 2020
        • December 2020
        • November 2020
        • October 2020
        • September 2020
        • August 2020
        • July 2020
        • June 2020
        • May 2020
        • April 2020
        • March 2020
        • Feb. 2020
        • Jan. 2020
      • 2019
        • Dec. 2019
        • Nov 2019
        • Oct 2019
        • September 2019
        • August 2019
        • July 2019
        • June 2019
        • May 2019
        • April 2019
        • March 2019
        • Feb 2019
        • Jan 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012
  • Contact
  • Events
  • Leaside Walking Tours
Recent Stories
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Yes they can at Go Green Youth Centre! Community
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Revisiting Crestview Apartments Development
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Letters to the Editor September 2023 Letters
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Flower power on Bayview Business
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Remembering 10-pin’s heyday at Bayview Bowl History
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Redrawing our boundaries Leaside Residents Association
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] W.A. Deacon – literary giant, Leaside local Community
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] The Curious Idler August 2023 Curious Idler
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] My Labour Day family tradition Terry Fallis
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Preparing for a safe and vibrant hub of economic activity in Leaside Business
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Dave’s having a bad hair day Stories
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Noted musical duo Brett Polegato and Robert Kortgaard to grace St. Cuthbert’s Community
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Leasider Sara Purves’s art with heart Community
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] City protects Leaside Business Park. End of story? Business
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] The wacky world of Leaside (Toronto) real estate Real Estate
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Join the munch bunch at the Community Corn Roast Community
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Leaside Events September 2023 Events
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Going dotty on Bayview People
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Rick Hutchings beautifies our world one garden at a time Gardening
  • [ September 1, 2023 ] Editor’s Welcome September 2023 Stories
HomeAuthorsDebora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Articles by Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

About Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg
Leaside Life’s new eco-duo, Cheryl Vanderburg and Debora Kuchme, are excited to be working together on a new column, Leaside Green, to bring environmental awareness along with positive and easy solutions to create and celebrate a greener and healthier Leaside. Debora, The Leaside Gardener, continues to use her background in design, manufacturing and horticulture to bring creative and practical ideas to help mitigate the negative effects of climate change. And Cheryl continues her Leaside Litterati quest by ‘plogging’ while out and about in the neighbourhood.
Leaside's Green Heart Heroes 2020
Leaside Green

Meet Leaside’s Green Heart heroes

April 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Nature offers us so many shades of green to enjoy: emerald, olive, lime and seafoam, to name a few. And Leaside offers us so many shades of green living to celebrate, including cycling, solar power, …more

Shop Green Logo.
Leaside Green

It’s easy shopping green in Leaside

March 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Leaside has more businesses that cater to our green living needs than any other neighbourhood in Toronto. …At least that’s what we think from our own research. And with such a tremendous variety of products …more

No Picture
Leaside Green

Shop Green Here Leaside Participants

March 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Shop Green Here participants in Leaside   Alex Farm Products (organic cheese and bring your own container), 1578 Bayview Ave. Aireon TV (television and audio equipment sales, service and installation), 410 Moore Ave E.  Badali’s …more

Green heart awards.
Leaside Green

Leaside Green: Introducing the Leaside Green Heart Awards!

February 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

There isn’t a day that goes by without our being drawn into the growing focus on green living – the idea of leading a sustainable lifestyle that works with nature and tries to bring into …more

Amin of We the Roots. Photo Debora Kuchme.
Leaside Green

Leaside Green: We the Roots – a new way to bring agriculture back

January 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

This area that we call Leaside was once home to the Laurentian people, who grew corn, beans and squash and gathered the abundance of local nuts and berries to sustain their community. Later, the Lea …more

Some Green Christmas ideas. Photo Cheryl Vanderburg.
Leaside Green

Leaside Green: We’re dreaming of a green Christmas

December 1, 2019 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Ah, the holidays, that magical time of year when we bring warmth and light to the cold darkness, love and joy to our family and friends along with hope and wishes for peace and goodwill …more

Sharrows (pictured here) indicate where cyclists should ride. For motorists, they are a reminder to share the road. Photo City of Toronto.
Leaside Green

Leaside Green

November 1, 2019 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Kids say the darndest things. Over breakfast with my son one morning, he piped up: “I just read an article in a scientific journal that said the earth could be uninhabitable by 2050.” Ouch! That …more

Digital Edition

Come join in the community fun at the Leaside Community Corn Roast, September 17, 2023.
In the Spotlight

Join the munch bunch at the Community Corn Roast

by Lorna Krawchuk in Community

Between noon and 5 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 17, you’ll want to tuck in at Trace Manes Park (McRae and Millwood) for the 27th annual Community Corn Roast, put on by the Toronto-Leaside Rotary Club. ...more
Recent Posts
  • Yes they can at Go Green Youth Centre!
  • Revisiting Crestview Apartments
  • Letters to the Editor September 2023
  • Flower power on Bayview
  • Remembering 10-pin’s heyday at Bayview Bowl
  • Redrawing our boundaries
  • W.A. Deacon – literary giant, Leaside local
  • The Curious Idler August 2023
  • My Labour Day family tradition
  • Preparing for a safe and vibrant hub of economic activity in Leaside
  • Dave’s having a bad hair day
  • Noted musical duo Brett Polegato and Robert Kortgaard to grace St. Cuthbert’s
  • Leasider Sara Purves’s art with heart
Follow on Facebook
Subscribe

Join the Leaside Life email list at: .

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

© Leaside Life 2011-2022