Help Us Bring Trees Home
For many folks, the end of the year is a time to head home to their families and reflect on the past year. Believe it or not, the same can …
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Unbe-leaf-ably Creative Costumes for Halloween
Ah Halloween – the holiday full of great intentions. Now is the time to start on those costumes! Don’t settle for any last minute, thrown together, lame costume, arrive in …
Getting Crafty at Nationals Park: Come Visit Us at Crafty Bastards
Crafty Bastards, one of the largest exhibition and sale of handmade goods from independent artists in the region is in D.C. next weekend. On November 11 and 12, Nationals Park …
Calling All Urban Forestry Students: It’s GCA Scholarship Time!
Founded in 1913, The Garden Club of America (GCA) is a volunteer nonprofit organization comprised of 200 member clubs and approximately 18,000 club members throughout the country. GCA members passionately …
GCA Urban Forestry Scholarship Deadline Looming
Calling all grad and advanced undergrad students in urban forestry! The Garden Club of America’s urban forestry scholarship deadline is fast approaching. Don’t let $5,000 hang on the line. The …
Extra, Extra, Read All About It – Casey Trees in the News
It’s been a banner week for Casey Trees – we celebrated our fruitful pawpaws, toasted our hard-working volunteers and partners, helped identify 342 species in the Anacostia Watershed, and were …
From Disney World to Berryville: Meet our New Nursery Manager Todd
While you may not see him too often in D.C., our new nursery manager Todd Woodfield will be a staple on the Casey Tree Farm, overseeing operations out there in …
We Have Open Planting Slots and We’re Ready to Plant! Are You?
From colorful foliage to ideal bike-to-work temperatures, we’re big fans of fall at Casey Trees. It’s also one of our busiest times of year for Community Tree Planting and inventory …
Not All Who Wander Are Lost – They’re Enjoying Our Fall Colors Routes
As we showcased last week, we built a map of the top 5 showy fall color trees in D.C. With this online map, you can now design routes around dense …
2017 Weekly Watering Alerts Round Up
From May to September, we looked at prior rainfall, projected rainfall, and the general forecast to figure out one thing – whether or not you should water your young trees. …
Marking Howard University’s Sesquicentennial
In 1867, nine historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) were founded. One of those is the District’s very own Howard University. In celebration of its sesquicentennial and the legacy of …
An Uncertain Future For Private Tree Regulation in Cities
We all know that cities have long regulated what can be done to trees in parks, along public streets or on government property, deciding when they can be trimmed, treated …
A Residential Planting Before and After
We often talk about our cool and affordable residential planting programs, but if you don’t have a background in plantings or have a postage stamp sized yard, it’s hard to …
Let’s Give a Warm Welcome to Chelsea, Our Newest Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
At Community Tree Plantings, Chelsea MacCormack (far left in the photo above) will soon become a familiar face. As our new Volunteer Coordinator, Chelsea will lead the charge at plantings …
We Made PawPaw “Mead”
No, a pawpaw is not a made-up fruit from the Jungle Book. It’s a regional delicacy that is experiencing quite the renaissance. Although pawpaw ice cream and pawpaw pie sounded …