A Record-Breaking Spring

Records continue to pile up for our flagship Community Tree Planting (CTP) program. This spring, nearly 1,300 adult and youth volunteers planted 817 trees — the most ever — at 47 sites across the District.

A record number of fruit trees — 253 total — were also planted, mainly at community gardens and school grounds. More than 400 students from grades K-12 added 150 trees to 21 school campuses.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival sponsored 83 cherry trees this spring, commemorating the centennial of the original planting of cherry trees gifted from Japan. We also partnered with Potbelly Sandwich Shops in a cherry shake promotion, proceeds from which went to fund plantings at D.C. schools.

Additional CTP sponsors this spring included The Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association (EBA) and the EBA Young Lawyers Committee (Mayfair Mansions), Macy’s (Mt. Vernon Triangle), The Tower Companies (Groundwork Anacostia), ANC1A (Harriet Tubman Elementary School), Alliance for Community Trees and the People’s Garden (Beet Street Gardens), and The Nebraska Society (Calvin Coolidge High School).

We are accepting applications for the fall 2012 CTP season until June 15.

You can catch up on all the fun with photos from many of the plantings on our Flickr page.

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