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Spring Doings.1
Picnic in the Rain To celebrate our graduates and express our gratitude for our valued community partners, we held a picnic last Fort Ward Park in Alexandria on a rainy May 5th. Fortunately, there was a pavilion to keep guests … Continue reading
Posted in Rainfall
Tagged Civic partners, Fort Ward Park, Graduates, picnic
Spring Doings.2
Adding 33 Trees at Polk School, the First of 100 Tree Stewards Jane Seward and Lynn Gas and teacher Steven Neely coordinated a city-approved plan to add 100 trees to the grounds of James K. Polk Elementary School in Alexandria, … Continue reading
Posted in Planting
Tagged Alexandria, Bonnie Petry, Jane Seward, Lynn Gas, Polk Elkementary School, Steven Neely
Spring Doings.3
Adding Trees to 4MR Park Volunteers from Oracle Corp. in Arlington joined Tree Stewards and other volunteers to add 30 trees around a play field in Alexandria’s Four Mile Run Park on May 11. The trees were provided by the … Continue reading
Tagged Four Milke Run Park, Oracle Corp.
Spring Doings.4
Cover Story: We’re on the Front Page Over five sessions this spring, Tree Stewards visited two Arlington parks to sleeve nearly 1,000 saplings with biodegradable tubes that will protect from wind, wildlife, and chemicals until the trees can survive on … Continue reading
Young Trees Need Your Help Now
Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria invite you to join us in volunteering to sleeve saplings with biodegradable tubes that will protect from wind, wildlife and chemicals until the trees can survive on their own in our parks. This is … Continue reading
City Nature Challenge Starts Friday
Over four days starting this Friday, which cities worldwide will engage the most people to record the most observations of wildlife and plants, and find the most species? This is the City Nature Challenge, and it’s open to all, including … Continue reading
Posted in Citizen Science
Tagged 2019, Arlington, City Nature Challenge, DC Metro area
2018 Annual Report
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Arboretum, Mature Trees Campaign, outreach, planting, training, volunteering
Vine Finding on a Fine Afternoon
Tree Stewards, trainees and other environmentalists headed out along Holmes Run in Alexandria Sunday to find native and invasive vines after learning how to distinguish them from a slide lecture by noted naturalist Rod Simmons. First stop outside Beatley Library … Continue reading
Posted in Invasive plants
Tagged American elm, Beatley Library, old Holmes Run channel, Porcelainberry, Rod Simmons, Ulmus americana, vine ID walk
Top Ten Least Wanted Invasive Plants
In Northern Virginia, there are several plants we and trees would be better off without. Some strangle trees, some add enough weight to topple them, and some grow so vigorously that tree saplings don’t stand a chance in natural areas … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Invasive plants, Training Materials, Tree Care, Uncategorized
Tagged Arlington, education, invasive, ivy, recommended reading, tree care, TreeSteward class