This past week has been a big one for tree planting in Ward 6. We planted trees at five sites: St. Colleta of Greater Washington, J.O. Wilson Elementary School, Two Rivers Public Charter School, Congressional Cemetery and Sherwood Recreation Center. Students celebrating the J.O. Wilson tree planting. At J.O Wilson Elementary School we had another [...]
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Celebrate Arbor Day with Casey Trees
Casey Trees is hosting an Open House to celebrate the official opening of our new home in Brookland and Arbor Day and you are invited! Join us on Saturday, April 30 from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. for an afternoon filled with family-friendly activities, demonstrations, building tours and neighborhood tree walks. Don’t worry, we will [...]
Read full postCommunity Tree Planting Recap – Tait Triangle and Hamilton Rec Center
Volunteers at Tait Park hard at work. This weekend we organized two community tree planting events at Tait Green Triangle Park and at Hamilton Recreation Center. Both plantings featured cherry trees sponsored by the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Our first Saturday planting took place at Tait Triangle Park, a small park on the edge of [...]
Read full postAnnouncing the Spring Almanac
We’re marking the beginning of spring with our Spring Almanac, a guide for taking care of your trees in the months ahead: Install Ooze Tubes for the spring-summer-fall watering campaign. Remember 25 to Stay Alive for trees that have been in the ground fewer than three years. Young trees need 25 gallons of water a [...]
Read full postFriday Photo Feature – March 18, 2011
A cherry tree on Irving Street NE. Click image to see larger on Flickr.
Read full postCommunity Tree Planting Recap – Fort Mahan
This past Saturday we had a fantastic tree planting at Fort Mahan. Including volunteers and staff, there were 84 people helping to plant 26 trees. We planted oak, persimmon, tulip poplar, redbud, amelanchier and sycamore. Joining us at the planting were 26 Peace Corps returned volunteers and staff, 16 Citizen Foresters, 14 volunteers from Anacostia [...]
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