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Giving Back on Arbor Day

Arbor Day is a special day dedicated to planting trees and celebrating their importance to our environment. It was first observed in the United States in 1872 in Nebraska, where …

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Get Outside and Give Back this Earth Month

Last Saturday, we held another great community tree planting at Mount Olivet Cemetery! Mount Olivet is located on a historic hill overlooking the monuments of the nation’s capital in the …

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Community Tree Planting at Glenncrest

Last weekend, volunteers and community members joined us for a community tree planting in Glenncrest, a residential area of Ward 7 that includes a shared green space accessible and visible …

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April Event Sign Ups are Now Open

Our early April events are ready for you! We’re excited to offer a diverse offering of tree care and maintenance, tree plantings, educational, and partnership events. With a focus on …

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Bummed our spring volunteer spots filled up so fast?

We released our spring volunteer event schedule last week and the best and worst thing happened – most of the slots filled up within hours! Bummed your preferred planting site …

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Spring Volunteer Event Sign Ups are Here

What you’ve all been waiting for! Transform D.C.’s urban forest this year by joining our team of volunteers. Our opportunities are now open and fill up quickly!  There’s a reason why …

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Will Washington’s future be gray or green?

Data is great. We love data! From numbers you can get a better picture of the strengths and weaknesses of all your hard work and even clues on where you …

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Show Pride in Your City and Win

Building a winning season is similar to building an urban canopy.  The Nationals have continued to #StayintheFight despite a disappointing season last year and a rough start to this year’s …

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Photos Galore! Take a walk with us down memory lane, aka our updated Flickr Account

Summertime at Casey Trees: we don’t plant, and while we’re still planning for a rapidly approaching fall season things are certainly not as hectic as they are when we’re planting …

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Here’s How Many Trees We Planted This Year (and Lots of Other Fun Stuff)

The humidity has set in, we’ve stopped planting and started watering and learning, so that means one thing around here: another planting season is over and it’s summertime! Everything is …

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Show Your Mother Some Love This Earth Day

We are smack dab in the middle of Earth Month, Earth Day is exactly one week away, and Arbor Day is only ten days away. Phew! First celebrated in 1970 …

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Spring into Action with Casey Trees: Volunteer Event Sign Ups are Open

Transform D.C.’s urban forest this year by joining our team of volunteers. Our opportunities are now open and fill up quickly! There’s a reason why priority registration is a coveted …

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2018 Extended Spring Season Planting Recap (with Photos Galore!)

We can’t believe it is already that time of year again, with last week’s summer solstice making it official – summer is here! So what did our Spring 2018 Planting Season look …

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Join Us Outside this Summer!

It finally feels like spring and our calendar is stacked with ways to get outside and flex your green thumb – tree inventories, plantings and classes are all here for …

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Fill Your Calendar and Heart with Joy: Volunteer with Us This Spring

After Winter 2.0 last week it is safe to say we can all use some warmer activities to look forward to. Fear not! With Park Inventory spots still available, we …