Contributing Writer: Rebecca Johnson, Certified Arborist at Arborholic, LLC All photos courtesy Rebecca Johnson We all recognize that trees are a big part of the solution to global climate change. Organizations around the globe are launching ambitious and aggressive tree planting campaigns. To meet [...]
The Village of Hempstead Arbor Day Celebration took place on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the Village of Hempstead Park, Denton Green located on James A. Garner Way in Hempstead, New York. The Arbor Day event provided community members and students an opportunity to become involved in [...]
The excellent e-flyer that went out to Schenectady community members in advance of the summer 2022 tree planting. See also the earlier blog post: Schenectady Plants 50 Trees with New Collaborative Initiative In the summer of 2021, ReTree Schenectady, the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County, Community [...]
South Glens Falls, Spring of 2022 The New York State Urban Forestry Council (NYSUFC) is pleased to announce available funding for New York communities who aren't yet a Tree City USA to hold a Spring 2023 tree planting and ceremony event. Communities can apply for [...]
More Than 50 Species Available from Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery School Seedling Program Application Period Now Open The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the start of the Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery annual spring seedling sale, which [...]
Thank you to Valley Stream Deputy Village Treasurer David Sabatino for sending in documentation for this event. On Saturday, December 12, 2022, more than 50 volunteers from the Valley Stream Beautification Community, including high school students, met at Arlington Park in Valley Stream (Nassau County) for tree [...]
Thank you to Richard W. Grover, Chair of the Village of Canton Tree Committee, for sending in photos and details about the Village's fall 2022 planting event. We planted a grove of five native trees on Saturday, November 5, 2022 in Canton Island Park, which is located [...]
The Town of Huntington has been a Tree City USA for 24 years and has received a TCUSA Growth Award for the past 8 years. Town Supervisor Ed Smyth addressed the assembled community members after the fall 2022 tree planting. Town of Huntington (Suffolk County) [...]
IRA Funding for UCF; Grant to Replace Ash Trees; Fall Planting Celebrations Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.
A bare root Crimson Spire oak planted in Watertown in the fall of 2022 as part of Tree Watertown's annual tree planting event. Photo by Mike DeMarco Crimson Spire is the trademark name of Quercus x bimundorum 'Crimschmidt’, a J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. [...]