Introduction An extremely durable, adaptable and beautiful tree, the Chinese elm is well-suited for the pressures of urban landscapes. It also has the advantage of being highly resistant to Dutch elm disease. Expand all items below.
Read full postArchive for March, 2012
Meet the Crew
We want to know you, and we hope you want to know us. In order to make that happen, we’re going to be introducing you to our staff throughout the year. Without further ado, we’d like you to meet Katie. Name: Katie Heffernan Position: Arborist-Auditor Starting date: 3/14/2011 Hometown: Washington, DC! Radio station you best [...]
Read full postSchool Planting Recap: Murch Elementary, Bancroft Elementary, Paul PCS
Some of our recent school plantings have been absolutely nutty with fruit trees! Three schools this week added fruit orchards to their campus, Murch Elementary in Ward 3, Bancroft Elementary in Ward 1 and Paul Public Charter School in Ward 4. Casey Trees’ tree planting crew were at Murch Tuesday morning to add 13 fruit [...]
Read full postAn Opportunity as Fleeting as the Blossoms
Looking for something new to do this Cherry Blossom Festival? Well, lucky for you, D.C.-based walking tour company Washington Walks is teaming up with Casey Trees to present “Blossom Secrets with Casey Trees”. For three Saturdays during the 100th anniversary of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, our own Priscilla Plumb will be joining Washington Walks to [...]
Read full postCTP Recap: Langston Apartments and Westover Drive Community
We had a busy weekend planting trees at Westover Drive and Langston Apartments on Saturday, as well as a fruit tree workshop with Bread for the City on Sunday. We were out at the Langston Apartment buildings in Ward 8 last weekend, planting 11 trees, including one apple and one pear trees, in and around [...]
Read full postSchool Community Tree Planting Recap: JC Nalle, HD Cooke, Maury
Our largest Community Tree Planting season to date is sure keeping us busy! Here’s an update of some of our recent school plantings from all over the District. Back on March 15 we had a great planting at JC Nalle Elementary in Ward 7. We created a small orchard, planting 10 fruit trees — espalier [...]
Read full postDevelopment Tracker: 901 Monroe, Brookland
Contributing writer — Lisa Morris, Planning Associate The 901 Monroe Street project is proposed for a site just blocks from Casey Trees headquarters in Brookland. Located across the street from the Brookland-CUA Metro station on the site of the Colonel Brooks Restaurant, the mixed-use project would bring shops and new apartments to the neighborhood. It is [...]
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