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Tree Stewards Do i-Tree Canopy Measurement from their Desks
By Nora Palmatier, President Ever since Tree Stewards’ first tree census project at Ft. Myers Joint Base in 2008, members have completed similar tasks for the Tree Canopy Fund, and in neighborhood parks, schools, churches, and condos. Each project, we … Continue reading
Posted in Arlington Tree Canopy, Canopy Loss, Citizen Science, Community Service
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Planting at the Casey Trees Farm
Six Tree Stewards of Arlington and Alexandria transplanted dozens of trees Saturday at the 75-acre Casey Trees Farm near Berryville, Virginia. The farm grows trees primarily for use in helping the District of Columbia achieve 40 percent tree canopy by … Continue reading
Posted in Casey Trees, Community Service, Future, Planting, Re-Tree, Volunteer
Tagged Bonnie Petry, Casey Trees Farm, Catherine Harris, Pattee Ryan, Volunteers
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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
Posted in Arlington Tree Canopy, Benjamin Banneker Park, Bluemont Park, Community Service, Events, Growing Tree Canopy, Re-Tree, Tree Care, Volunteer
Tagged Help young trees, Tree Tubes
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Protecting Sentinel Trees by Removing Ivy
Don’t just stop at trees! Here are 40 reasons to remove ivy from your yard. Thank you, Colin Purrington, for compiling this list. The environmental destruction caused by English ivy (Hedra helix) is a classic example of why native plants, … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria Tree Canopy, Community Service, Continuing Education, Invasive plants, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Mature Trees Are Valuable, Protecting Sentinel Trees, Tree Care, Volunteer
Tagged Bonnie Petry, Dangers of Ivy, Eileen Grant, Jane Seward, Lynn Gas, Mary Farrah
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We Give Thanks for Planting Trees!
Tree Steward Eileen Grant learns that this family, planting a White oak (Quercus alba) in Ben Brenman Park’s meadow Saturday, lives just across the street and can watch their tree grow. Tree Stewards are giving thanks for their many tree-planting … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria Tree Canopy, Arlington Tree Canopy, Ben Brenman Park, Benjamin Banneker Park, Bluemont Park, Community Service, Education, Events, Growing Tree Canopy, Invasive plants, New Training Class, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Tagged Alexandria Department of Recreation Parks and Cultural Activities, Andrew Knapik, Arlington Urban Forestry, Backlick Run, Bob Williams, Bonnie Burgess, Bonnie Petry, Boundary Stone, Cameron Station, Dan Schwartz, Eileen Grant, Four Mile Run, Holmes Run, Marymount University, Parknership, SW 9
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Help Us Plant Hundreds More Trees
The shocking new information about the unexpected acceleration of global warming should frighten all of us into doing everything we can to try to slow or halt it. Alexandria’s Natural Resources branch, Arlington County’s Urban Forestry unit, and Tree Stewards … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria Tree Canopy, Arlington Tree Canopy, Ben Brenman Park, Benjamin Banneker Park, Bluemont Park, Canopy Loss, Community Service, Events, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Growing Tree Canopy, New Training Class, Volunteer
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300 New Trees Planted in Arlington
Summer rains flooded many a basement in Arlington, but along Four Mile Run as it courses through Bon Air Park, precipitation caused a wipeout. The roots of many mature trees on the banks of the creek gave way after … Continue reading
Posted in Arlington Tree Canopy, Community Service, Events, Growing Tree Canopy, Tree Care, Volunteer
Tagged Andrew Knapik, Arlington County, Arlington Regional M<aster Naturalists, Bon Air Park, Department of Parks and Recreation, flood, Lyndell Core, TreeStewards, Urban Forestry
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Tree Stewards Win Alexandria Beautification Award
Tree Stewards Jane Seward, Lynn Gas, Meghan Rainey and their neighbors in urban forestry deserve rousing accolades for greatly improving their Northridge-Beverly Hills districts by conceiving and leading a project to have 139 trees planted in yards in their neighborhood. The … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria Tree Canopy, Canopy Loss, Community Service, Events, Growing Tree Canopy, Volunteer
Tagged Alexandria, Allison Silberberg, Award, Beautification, Beverly Hills Civic Association, Del Pepper, Growing Tree Canopy, Jeanne Snapp, Northridge Civic Association, Paul Smedberg, species, volunteering
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