By Katie Neis We did it! Four Vancouver plantings scheduled this season, four Vancouver plantings accomplished! And they kept getting better and better. During the 2011-12 planting season, we added 328 new trees to homes and planting strips. All of the plantings had a delicious potluck lunch complete with desserts, fabulous soups, and some of [...]
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By Brighton West On my bike ride to work, I saw that this tree had been pruned over the weekend. This is pruning season for most trees, so the pruner chose the proper time of the year to prune. But a little knowledge and the same amount of effort would lead to a happy, healthy [...]
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By Brighton West If your husband or boyfriend claims he knows how to prune, don’t believe him. Quiz him before you let him loose in your yard with tools. OK, maybe it sounds sexist to blame men for all bad pruning, but just last week, a friend of mine was able to stop her husband [...]
Tags: education, pruning, street trees, yard trees
Vancouver City Councilmember Jeanne Stewart joined homeowners and other Friends of Trees volunteers to plant 122 trees in a dozen Vancouver neighborhoods on Saturday, Feb. 25. The planting began at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 426 East Plain Blvd, with hot drinks and breakfast treats at 8:45 am followed by a rally at 9:00 am. Saturday’s [...]
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