The Future is Bright (and Green!)
Working with the vibrant Gallaudet community to re-tree their campus after it was devastated by the deadly Emerald Ash Borer beetle was not the end to our groundbreaking partnership. When …
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Our Biggest, Busiest, and Brightest Season Yet
Are you soaking up the last few days of 2018 with family and friends? We’re soaking in our record-breaking fall season. We had our biggest season yet in every sense …
Fun Folklore Forecasting
While the high-tech tools of weather forecasting are the now most familiar way to predict the frigid, icy or snow-packed months ahead, humans have made observations and have been predicting …
A Groundbreaking Partnership (in more than one way)
As we mentioned, Gallaudet’s campus lost twelve mature canopy trees in the summer of 2015 due to the invasive Emerald Ash Borer beetle. It was an immediate and shocking loss. …
#treatyoself and make a dent in that gift list (with new Casey Trees swag!)
Somehow December’s here and the holidays are in full swing. Now that it’s an appropriate time to discuss holiday shopping it’s time to buckle down and get everyone checked off …
National Parks Service 2018 Award for Group Volunteer Service
While the number one most satisfying thing to us is a lush canopy for all District residents to enjoy, winning the Group Volunteer Award from a critically important federal partner …
The reason why our partnership with Gallaudet University has redefined success to us
For almost two decades we’ve been planting trees across the District, but back in 2015, a phone call kicked off a partnership that would redefine success in our books. For …
Are you studying urban or community forestry? We have scholarship money available!
For graduate students and advanced undergraduates, the Garden Club of America (GCA) awards funds to one or more students annually at $5,000. The funds are to be applied to study …
D.C. Council moves forward with ambitious Clean Energy Bill
The Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in November lays out a stark future. While our response as a nation is still unclear, D.C.’s response as a city is anything but. …
You give, they match, D.C.’s trees wins. #GivingTuesday is tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the day! Facebook is matching up to the first seven million dollars in donations on #GivingTuesday. We have our Facebook donate button all set up and ready to …
Pruning 101
Passionate about helping D.C.’s trees stay strong and healthy? Join Casey Trees and the Department of Parks and Recreation in helping our young city trees grow up strong and live …
Dupont Tree Plaza Concept Wins Big
Our longtime collaborators and like-minded canopy restorers Restore Mass Ave (RMA) bring beauty and elegance back to Embassy Row along Massachusetts Avenue in Northwest D.C. and this year they have …
Protect what you love for #GivingTuesday next week
After the eating of Thanksgiving and the flurry of activities of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, comes a day of giving back. #GivingTuesday is an online global day of giving …
Trees Matter Symposium 2018
On Wednesday, urban forest professionals from arborists to researchers to government officials and volunteers gathered in Silver Spring for a single purpose: to discuss the health and welfare of trees …
Common Myths and Misunderstandings about Wildfires
The Camp Fire in northern California has leveled entire towns, billowed ash and smoke impacting areas miles away, and is now the deadliest wildfire in state history. Cal Fire reports …