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The Scarboro Garden Scene
Protection from Pollution
Hedges, shrubs and trees all play a big part in reducing the transportation of airborne pollutants. According to the Royal Horticultural Society’s magazine, “The Garden”, particulate pollution causes about 4 million premature deaths worldwide per year: we in Calgary are very fortunate in that we suffer relatively little from this problem, but the edges of the Scarboro community clearly have more of a problem than the interior.