2010 5th Annual “Kids & Trees” Planting Program
Arbor Day in Newburyport will be celebrated on April 30, 2010 by the 5th Annual Tree Planting, a project of the Newburyport Tree Committee,Tree Warden and the Students of the River Valley Charter School.
This year’s Arbor Day planting of 80 trees will bring the Kids & Trees program to over 500 trees in 5 years.
Planting Co-ordinator, Jane Niebling (jane.Niebling@verizon.net) is accepting requests from residents for plantings in tree strips or (preferred) on the lawn side of the sidewalk with the permission of the residents. You can also contact Jane for any questions about this year’s program.
Sites selected by Student Surveyors will appear in the intended sites during the first weeks of April, residents will receive a card to point out the staking.
Residents are asked not to remove these stakes, they will be collected by volunteers!
The trees available are listed below and more information and pictures can be seen can be seen by clicking the links:
English Oak, Truffle Oak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_robur
‘Franksred’ Red Maple http://www.trimpines.com/treeoftheweek/redmaple.ht
Italian Oak,Forest Green® Oak http://www.haverford.edu/Arboretum/files/Fall07.pdf
Trident Maple http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/a/acebue/acebue1.html
Serviceberry ‘Autumn Brilliance’ http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/a/amelae/amelae1.html
Tulip tree, Tulip Magnolia, Yellow Poplar http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/l/lirtul/lirtul1.html
‘Allee’ Elm http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/u/ulmpar/ulmpar1.html
“State Street” Maple http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=R910
This project is funded with grants from the Community Preservation Act Committee.