We know our volunteer work is fun and rewarding, but we also realize that being ready to plant trees at 9:00AM on a Saturday morning can be tough – especially if it’s cold or rainy (or in the case of this weekend, snowing!). Luckily for our volunteers, for the fourth year in a row Starbucks [...]
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Live Green and Casey Trees Partner Up to Save You Money
Looking to save money while helping out in your community this fall? Well you’re in luck! For a limited time Casey Trees is partnering up with Live Green to make eco-friendly living a little more easy, fun, and affordable in the DC Metro Area. From now until the end of the year, for every new [...]
Read full postWashington Nationals Dream Foundation Brings Trees to Chamberlain Elementary
On Thursday October 13th students at Chamberlain Elementary in Southeast DC got a special surprise from Casey Trees: four new trees to be planted on their school grounds. Despite a few clouds and a bit of rainy weather, 11 students from second and third grade classrooms came out to plant one river birch, one American [...]
Read full postFall Foliage to Look Out for in D.C.
With all the brilliant colors popping up around D.C., we can’t possibly cover every changing tree in our Tree of the month posts. So we’ve compiled a short list of beautiful trees to look out for during the remainder of the fall season. Hit the town and enjoy them! American beech trees (Fagus grandifolia) – [...]
Read full postCharitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association Sponsors Community Tree Planing, Southeast Rejoices
Our fall Community Tree Planting (CTP) season continued this past weekend with two tree planting events that added 29 new trees to the District. One planting in particular was especially meaningful – the Capitol Quarter CTP – as Casey Trees partnered with the event’s lead sponsor, the Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association (CFEBA) [...]
Read full postLook good, do good in a Casey Trees’ t-shirt
You love trees and you love comfy cozy, graphic t-shirts. No longer do these passions have to be kept separate. Casey Trees is happy to introduce two tree love inspired t-shirts available to you and every tree hugger in your life for a small donation You may have already seen our staff – no, they [...]
Read full postTree Talk Replay – October 13, 2011
This session was originally held live online on October 13, 2011. Check out the most current Tree Talk session. Tree Talk is an online chat series held every fourth Thursday of the month at noon to discuss urban forestry and tree care topics. Participation is free. Suggest a topic to cover. Email your suggestion to [...]
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