In a recent interview with local tree expert and author, Melanie Choukas-Bradley explained to us how she was just like many longstanding Washingtonians: once a curious visitor to the District, immediately taken by the city’s luscious canopy. She’ll add to her discussion on this week’s hour-long Tree Talk Thursday on “tree spotting.” You can join [...]
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Get TreeWise This Summer
In a few short weeks, D.C.-area schools will be out for the summer. Some kids will spend their days at camp, making macaroni necklaces or learning tuneless songs. Casey Trees wants to add to their experience with our summer education program, TreeWise, which gets kids outdoors learning about trees. Scavenger hunts teach them about the [...]
Read full postTreeWise program accepting applications through end of month
Casey Trees wants to get youth ages 6 to 13 outdoors this summer through TreeWise, its free, nature- and placed-based enrichment program running June 18 to August 3. Any summer camp, school or recreation program site within 25 miles of the District may request a TreeWise counselor work with their youth participants. Formerly known as Arbor Kids on [...]
Read full postMeet the Crew: Priscilla Plumb
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 Priscilla. Name: Priscilla Plumb Position: Education Coordinator Date started: April 12, 2011 Hometown: Vienna, VA Are plums your [...]
Read full postSchool Plantings Recap
Our school plantings wrapped up for the spring season late last month: we planted at 21 schools all over the city, adding 164 trees to campuses with the help of 441 students. We worked with students as young as preschoolers and as old as 12th graders. We certainly had a good time planting with you all; [...]
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 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 [...]
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