- Author: Sterling Smith
Spring is nearly here! Everywhere I look, shrubs and trees are in bloom and leafing out. It's beautiful; inspiring us to spruce up landscapes, which includes planting trees.
Right tree, right place is a common thread between the plethora of websites offering advice, procedures and sourcing for what's needed. It cannot be overstressed to properly site the planting, what's difficult is projecting what you are planting today will look like in 15-20 years or longer. Don't forget to look up.
With Arbor Day just around the corner, what event is your community planning? It's commonplace to have an Urban Forest Manager or Parks and Recreation Manager arrange to have trees and assistance available to pair new trees with homeowners to improve the Urban Forest. Often these events are partnerships with other entities: i.e. Utilities who tend to remove trees along power line right-of-ways and look for ways to give back to the community. So check out your city website and ask questions!
Hey, it's a made to order family activity. Whether it's introducing impressionable preschool children to gardening/landscaping, or your seasoned teenagers who need community service hours in order to graduate from high school; it's a nice discrete morning length project that helps everyone.
A brief checklist of considerations:
-Right Tree-Right Place.
-Don't know how to plant a tree? Lots of advice and diagrams to help…ask questions until you are comfortable with the process.
-Make sure water is available, especially for the first year.
-Find out what's required to ensure a successful planting, then, make it happen!
-Being knowledgeable ahead of time will facilitate success in your endeavor.
Google Search: Tree Planting
Have fun!