Join us this May to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather while supporting trees! Whether you’re looking for a tree walk, invasive removal, or a fun day learning about your local organizations, we have something for you!
Friday 4/28 – Community Tree Planting: Takoma Community Center
Welcome back to our spring season of Community Tree Plantings! You provide the volunteers, we provide all the necessary tools and supplies to plant the trees. Participants will receive a hands-on training on site. After learning the tools and techniques, participants will be split up into groups supervised by a trained volunteer Team Leader and begin planting trees throughout the park.
Saturday 4/29 – Friends of the National Arboretum Green Fair
Come see us Saturday, April 29th at Friends of the National Arboretum’s Garden Fair & Plant Sale at the National Arboretum! There will be thousands of plants to choose from for your home and garden, over 30 local vendors to shop with, and activities for people of all ages to connect with nature.
Event registration is preferred but not required — let us know you’re coming! Some activities require pre-registration.
Saturday 5/13 – Trees On Structures Tree Walk
Join us for a May tree walk in the Virginia Avenue Gardens to learn about Trees on Structures with our conservation planner! The Virginia Avenue Gardens of the Federal Reserve appear at grade but are actually on the roof of an underground parking structure. This walk will highlight the importance of planting trees in nontraditional locations to expand access to green space for urban residents.
Participants will learn more about specific trees planted there, design elements that make this park unique, and how this approach to parkland can be applied to other areas within DC.
Saturday 5/13 – Ward 7 & 8 Resource Fair
Discover local organizations and networks active East of the river that are available to support you! There will be food, music, activities, and local organizations introducing themselves and sharing information about the services they provide. Come through for 15 minutes or stay all four hours! We’d love to see you for any amount of time.
Saturday 5/20 – Community Conservation at Langdon Park
Help Casey Trees as we continue our work at Langdon Park to conserve the forest patch and care for young trees! Your help with weeding, mulching and watering these vulnerable trees will give them a leg up in becoming an important part of our growing tree canopy. You provide the volunteers, we provide all the necessary tools and supplies to remove invasives and care for trees. Participants will receive a short, hands-on training on site.
Saturday 6/3 – Invasive Ivy Removal at Mount Olivet Cemetery
Join us at Mount Olivet Cemetery as we partner with Save Our Trees, a local English Ivy invasive removal organization, to clean up our green space and take down some invasive vines! Register now – the week before this event, we will send a logistics and directions email with detailed information about how to get to the site. You will receive this email ONLY if you are signed-up for the event.
We hope you decide to join us this month! Donate to Casey Trees to Restore, Enhance and Protect D.C.’s Tree Canopy! Casey Trees relies on the support of friends, neighbors and volunteers like you to make our work possible.
And consider becoming a Casey Trees Member today and receive some incredible perks and benefits – all while doing your part to help build a greener place to live for us all.
