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CASEY TREES NEWS IN BRIEF
Priority Fall Community Tree Planting volunteer registration opens August 19 Our Fall Community Tree Planting season is gearing up to begin in October, and a perk of Casey Trees Membership is priority access to volunteer sign-ups for these in-demand slots. Planting sites this fall include Peirce Mill in Rock Creek Park, LeDroit Park, All Souls Unitarian Church in Columbia Heights, Fort Dupont Park and many more. General registration for these volunteer opportunities will open September 2. Not a Casey Trees Member yet? Register at the Ally level or above to receive priority sign-up access to select classes and plantings in addition to exclusive invitations to Members-only happenings and events.
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CASEY TREES ADDS TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS | Four new Board Members have been
UDC TO OFFER FREE SOIL TESTING TO D.C. RESIDENTS | The Environmental Quality
chosen to represent the diverse needs of Casey Trees as we continue to expand our efforts in promoting, protecting and enhancing D.C.’s tree canopy. The newest additions are Tom Stoner, Abby Gray, Mary Kent and longtime Casey Trees volunteer and advocate Kevin Kelso. We thank outgoing members Corbin Harwood and Lindsey Hardesty for their dedicated service. Read more about the new members’ backgrounds and what they hope to contribute to Casey Trees’ mission on pages 12-13.
Testing Lab at the University of the District of Columbia in Van Ness is offering free soil quality testing for homes and community gardens throughout August. D.C. residents must apply, and will then be contacted to schedule a soil sampling time. The analysis, done by undergraduate and graduate students at the lab, will measure macro nutrients and environmental trace metals including lead and arsenic — important information for home gardeners to have.
JESSICA SANDERS, Ph.D, ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ARBORICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION ACADEMY | Dr. Jessica Sanders, Casey Trees Director of Technical Services & Research, has been elected to serve as Vice President of the Arboricultural Research and Education Academy. This new posting was announced at the International Society of Arboriculture’s annual International Conference, held this year in Milwaukee.
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WORLD BANK CITES ANACOSTIA WATERSHED INITIATIVE AS A MODEL FOR GLOBAL URBAN DEVELOPMENT | The Anacostia Watershed Initiative, launched in 2000 as a 30-year, $10 billion project, links economic development with restoration of the watershed through public-private partnerships. According to an article published by the World Bank, the District’s use of innovative financial tools to repurpose underutilized plots is serving as a model for Latin America and the Caribbean, where large majorities of the population live in densely packed urban areas.
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From the Desk
The right way to water your trees A friend of mine was talking to me about his tree last week. This past spring he planted an oak tree in his front yard to celebrate the birth of his daughter, and he was very excited about it. In fact, he was so excited he said that he watered it every day with his hose – rain or shine – confident that this was the right thing to do. That’s when I got a bit concerned. “Are you watering it even when we get rain?” I asked. “Absolutely” was the response. I tried to break the bad news in a way that he could understand – that there is such a thing as too much water, even for a newly planted tree. I advised him to try and be a bit more systematic in his watering approach or else he could damage or even kill his new tree. Fortunately at Casey Trees, we make watering trees correctly easy to do. Perhaps the simplest solution is to install a watering bag
around your tree and fill it up once a week. These bags deliver 25 gallons of water to the base of the tree slowly, allowing it to penetrate down to the roots that need it. Casey Trees watering bags can be purchased through our online shop. If you don’t want to use a watering bag, there are many other alternatives. You can follow our weekly watering recommendations on Facebook, Twitter and our homepage, take the 25 to Stay Alive Pledge and receive a complimentary rain gauge, orconsult our watering video which demonstrates the best ways to water your tree. We all love our trees, and at this time of year we know all too well one of their main benefits – cooling our homes and neighborhoods! Let’s be sure they get a good start in life by watering them right the first time!
MARK BUSCAINO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Thanks for your ongoing support! Regards,
Mark Buscaino Executive Director
IN THIS ISSUE... DISRUPTIVE DEER DISTURBING TREES..................................................................................................... 4 D.C. KIDS LEARN A LOVE OF TREES........................................................................................................... 5 DENSE THREATS ON LUSH LAND................................................................................................................ 8 CITIZEN SCIENTISTS TAKE PART IN GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH................................................. 10 INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS............................................................................ 12-13 UPCOMING CLASSES, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITES & EVENTS.................................................... 14-15
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Protecting young trees from the District’s deer population By Jim Woodworth, Director of Tree Planting | The District’s deer population and its newly planted trees aren’t always friends. Casey Trees has witnessed deer destruction and damage to our newly planted trees in two varieties: deer browse, a yearround threat where hungry deer nibble on the fresh, tender new growth of young twigs of trees, and deer antler rub, which is a problem during the fall and winter months when bucks have antlers. Deer can quickly do substantial damage to young trees by rubbing off the thin bark, including the important vascular. This may come as a surprise, but deer browse and invasive, noxious plant species are two of the largest threats to the forest regeneration and forest health in our area natural areas. Recent controlled culling by National Park Service snipers may be the most effective for longer term gains in vegetation management and ecosystem heath. Deer population control and culling are – though controversial – important and crucial components to tree canopy restoration. 4
Here inside the beltway, the infrequent bear siting is a very rare and big deal, with massive multi-agency animal control and police responders. What natural predators do our white tailed deer have? True coyotes are a recent arrival and do provide some predatory pressure in our mid-Atlantic woodlands, but vehicular collisions and road kill account for the large majority of our local deer fatalities. Protecting trees from deer Bill Yeaman, National Parks Service biologist for Rock Creek Park, provides the technical specification that Casey Trees now utilizes as its best management practice: create a circular hoop of metal gage 2” x 4” square galvanized wire fence, secured in place with one or two 6-foot length pieces of ½” steel rebar, threaded through the wire rungs of the fencing. Protection application Our first large scale application of this deer fencing was for a restoration and reforestation planting of 250 trees in Fort Dupont Park in Southeast. This is the largest
tract of contiguous forest land in the eastern part of the District, owned by the National Park Service. More recently we have utilized the deer protection for new plantings in Rock Creek Park, including Dumbarton Oaks and Piney Branch Parkway. This fall we’ll be installing deer protection fencing in conjunction with several projects, including on-going work in Fort Dupont Park, and plantings with Rock Creek Conservancy and the Friends of Peirce Mill. Protection maintenance Regular maintenance includes inspections to ensure that the deer protections are intact, or shored-up again if they have been dislodged. Deer protections also require seasonal weeding, as the fencing often can act like a ladder for the convenient twining of undesirable and highly invasive vines. Do be careful and wear gloves and long sleeves while tending to tree maintenance, weeding and mulching – deer protection fencing provides other benefits too: habitat for insects, small critters, and the like. August 2014 | theleaflet
By William Green, Communications Intern | Every summer Casey Trees staff sets out to local summer camps to teach D.C.’s kids the natural importance and fun of trees through the Treewise program. Beginning as a pilot program in 2011, Treewise strives to “connect kids to trees in the city by bringing outdoor, place-based hands-on tree lessons to summer programs in the area,” according to Youth Programs Manager Priscilla Plumb. On a cool Friday in July, staff members headed down the street from Casey Trees headquarters in Brookland to St. Anthony Catholic School. Priscilla and her two counselors, Kelsey Desmond and Dahneé Gore, started off the day with a brain teaser for the kindergarden and first grade students, asking them how many trees they thought were in the city. “100?” one student guessed. “A thousand?” suggested another. “Two million!” Priscilla announced to audible gasps.
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What followed was a flurry of activity, from pantomime to song to scientific study. After having been told that the bark of a tree was its bodyguard, one boy picked to participate in the group reenactment of a tree folded his arms and held his head high, radiating the type of confidence that told you no one was getting past him. Two girls picked to be the tree’s branches strained on their tip-toes and reached for the sky. The kids got a chance to show off their artistic skill with leaf rubbings and drawings of trees, which ranged from the abstract to the surprisingly precise. The children’s eyes lit up when the staff brought out the magnifying glasses. Surprise and awe radiated as they discovered the previously invisible complexity of leaves, tree bark and spiky seed pods. They crowded around a classmate’s glass after the announcement of a particularly exciting discovery, and even took to studying the errant bugs and weeds in the schoolyard. At the end of the morning, the children received their official Junior Forester certificates, confirming their newly imparted knowledge of trees and cementing their status as pint-sized tree evangelists. theleaflet
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By Stephanie Juchs, Community
Education Coordinator & Katie Blackman, Volunteer Coordinator | If you’ve spent any time in Rock Creek Park or Fort Dupont Park, you’ve no doubt seen the scene created by expanses of vine-covered trees. But what’s happening beneath those dense, lush vines? Trees require soil and space to grow, which is a precious commodity in the city. While expanses of concrete or tiny tree pits limit their growth in our city center, in natural areas trees and the spaces they could occupy are often threatened by the presence of invasive species. Non-native invasive plants and vines threaten trees both directly and indirectly. They can smother existing trees by engulfing and killing branches which blocks sunlight and can outcompete native seedlings and trees for light, nutrients, water and most importantly, space. While removing invasive species is the first step in eliminating competition and opening up space for trees, continued monitoring and maintenance is needed to prevent invasive species from returning to these vacant areas. After the invasive species have been removed, trees and other non-invasive plant species that will restore or expand native forests and help outcompete invasive species should be planted.
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Casey Trees has dedicated this summer to taking that important first step in some of our city’s most precious National Parks. Working closely with the Rock Creek Conservancy, Anacostia Watershed Society and the National Park Service earlier this summer, nearly 40 volunteers spent more than four hours hand-pulling non-native plant species, protecting newly sprouted native species from deer and caring for more established native species in Battery Kemble Park in Northwest and Fort Dupont Park in Southeast. And we are not done yet! On August 9, Casey Trees, Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service will remove even more invasives in Rock Creek Park. Casey Trees and the National Park Service will return to each of these sites this fall and spring to add hundreds of trees and other native plants. If you would like to get involved in this exciting initiative, check back with us on September 2 (or August 19 for Members at the Ally level or above!) to sign up for our fall plantings at Battery Kemble Park and Fort Dupont Park or join us for our Non-Native Invasive Plant Removal class and Field Session on August 20th and 23rd.
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Local citizen scientists play a part in groundbreaking research By Arielle Conti, Technical Services & Research Intern | Casey Trees Technical Services & Research Department has partnered with five other organizations in different cities in an effort to standardize tree monitoring protocols. Although many cities gather data regarding their urban forest, each city collects data differently. This means that when researchers, urban foresters and arborists from across the world come together to discuss best practices, they are likely to run into issues when comparing data and results. In light of this, a number of researchers put their heads together and decided the best way to collect standardized data would be to have volunteers, otherwise known as citizen scientists, take accurate measurements. But how do we know if volunteers are qualified enough to take these measurements? We don’t. Therefore, Casey Trees, along with similar organizations in Philadelphia, Tampa, Grand Rapids, Chicago and Malmö, Sweden have teamed up to test the
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accuracy of measurements taken by citizen scientists versus their expert counterparts. Each organization has been tasked with recruiting at least 10 “novice” volunteers, individuals with less than one year of tree measuring experience, four “intermediate” volunteers, individuals with more than one year of tree measuring experience and one “expert,” a certified arborist. In the District, interest in the project has been overwhelming. More than 30 volunteers signed up to be a part of this collaborative research and will be measuring 150 trees in the Eastern Market neighborhood. They will be looking at the overall health of these trees by documenting factors including diameter, canopy condition, wood condition and the amount of planting space available to the tree. Once the data is collected, it will be analyzed and used to help standardize practices across cities. We are thrilled by the positive response from our community’s citizen scientists and will be sharing the findings in the November issue of the Leaflet.
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Supplemental Charrette for new D.C. zoning regulation a success By Emily Oaksford, Planning Associate | On June 27, Casey Trees Planning & Design department, in partnership with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA National and Potomac Chapters), hosted a Green Area Ratio (GAR) Design Charrette following the District Department of the Environment’s (DDOE) GAR Training Seminar. Using five real D.C. sites as case studies, attendees were able to apply what they learned in the DDOE’s morning GAR training to Casey Trees’ afternoon design charrette to gain a richer understanding of this new and important piece of D.C.’s zoning code. In development scenarios crafted by Casey Trees, each group worked together to sketch a site design that included the landscape elements such as trees, green roofs and bioretention planters needed to meet the new GAR requirements.
The Green Area Ratio (GAR) is a new environmental zoning regulation in the District of Columbia that took effect on October 1, 2013. The GAR requires new developments or substantial renovation projects in certain zoning districts to include a qualifying amount of green landscape elements. renew
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HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER CREW INNOVATES
TO KEEP D.C.’S TREES ALIVE BY TRUCK AND BIKE By William Green, Communications Intern | Each summer since 2003, Casey Trees has hired local high school students to traverse the city in trucks and on bikes as part of its Summer Crew program, which aims to water the thousands of trees Casey Trees has planted across the District. Casey Trees staff and crew members team up to use hoses, water bladders, and bike-hauled trailers to get the job done. But Summer Crew hasn’t always been as sophisticated. To understand how much Summer Crew does today, take a look at how far they’ve come.
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS While today, Casey Trees owns a small fleet of trucks to support its tree planting and care operations, the first Summer Crew used rented pickup trucks to get to tree care sites. And without any kind of water storage capacity or permit to access city water, crew members relied on accessing water from willing residents and businesses and then used buckets and hoses to transport water to the trees.
STRIDES Following its successful pilot season, Casey Trees purchased its first truck and a water bladder capable of holding 500 gallons. This
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made sourcing, and the actual watering of the trees, much more efficient. Casey Trees purchased its second truck in 2005 and started using slow-release watering bags, which encircle tree trunks and guarantee they receive the necessary amount of water.
GROWTH In 2009, street bikes were incorporated into the fleet. Outfitted with a trailer borrowed from the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, the bike transported several hundred feet of garden house, safety cones, buckets and a hydrant meter to watering sites. While truck teams were effective at servicing distant and densely-packed planting sites, the bike team was used to target small clusters spread throughout the core of the city. Since the addition of the street bike was just being piloted, it was given a conservative watering goal of 25 to 30 trees a day whereas truck teams were expected to water 50 trees a day. Now that street bikes have been fully integrated into the Summer Crew fleet (branded as Water By-Cycle) and tweaks have been made to the tree sites they are deployed to, the bike teams now match
the trucks outputs nearly one to one. The hydrant meter has also boosted productivity. As the number of trees needing to be watered grew, so did the crew’s need for access to water. Thanks to an agreement with the city, the Summer Crew can directly pump water from the hydrants to the trees. The hydrant meter tracks the water usage which Casey Trees then pays for.
TODAY’S CHALLENGES The Summer Crew program is currently made up of two truck and three bike teams and relies on two 800-gallon water bladders, four hydrant meters and a lot of 5-gallon buckets and hose to get the job done. In fact the city recently started requiring groups that access fire hydrants to use a backflow preventer. Since the devices can be bulky and expensive, an extensive search was done to find an affordable model and then carve out the necessary space to transport it. The Summer Crew program will continue to evolve in response to need, governance and unforeseen factors, but its central mission will remain the same: keep D.C.’s trees alive during their toughest time. August 2014 | theleaflet
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Spotlight
Introducing Casey Trees’ newest board members By William Green, Communications Intern | Change has come to the Casey Trees Board of Directors. This summer the Board welcomes four new direcors. We talked with them about their
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background, their new board membership and what they hope to bring to Casey Trees with their position.
KEVIN KELSO When working in the field of environmental advocacy, Tom Stoner thinks you have to be careful not to miss the forest for the trees. “Environmentalists often think about the very big picture, about the impact on the globe and the impact on the earth, the impact on a city, but we sometimes lose sight of what impact it has on one person and that, I think, can be a powerful force for advocating and I think it resonates with people.” A veteran of the media and real estate development industries, Tom brings to Casey Trees 25 years of experience working with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, including serving as the chairman of its Board. Tom also leads the TKF Foundation with his wife Kitty, which works to promote and develop public green spaces.
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A long time D.C. resident and Casey Trees volunteer and advocate, Kevin Kelso remembers reading the original 1999 Washington Post article that led to the Casey Trees founding. It inspired him to devote his time and energy to protect D.C.’s trees. “Because I am an active Citizen Forester, I hope to bring that experience to the board,” Kevin says. Kevin came to D.C. to attend George Washington University and remained after graduation. He currently serves as the director of finance and operations at Independent Education, the association of independent schools of the greater Washington area. Kevin also sits on the executive committee for the National Capital Apple Macintosh Users Group.
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ABBY GRAY
MARY KENT For new board member Mary Kent, horticulture isn’t just a hobby, but a passion. You can tell just by looking at her garden, full of plants from the prairie of her native Minnesota. Mary comes to Casey Trees with almost 20 years of experience working with the Garden Club of America, where she now sits on the executive committee. She has also served on the board for the ReevesReed Arboretum in Summit, New Jersey.
Abby Gray joins the board with 25 years of experience in the Garden Club of America, serving as both chairman and now director of the DC/Virginia area chapter. “I will bring whatever support I can from my experience and my involvement with the Garden Club of America to help promote the good work that Casey Trees does and plans to do.” Abby, a mother of two and a veteran of the finance industry, lives currently in Baltimore.
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Events Tree care events and programs to enjoy as summer winds down August and September offer the chance to take a break from planting and try out this summer’s tree care events, tree tours and family programming. Become a Casey Trees Member to receive exclusive benefits, including advanced registration to events like the ones below.
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Volunteer: Rock Creek Park Invasive Species Removal 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Rock Creek Park 6100 16th St NW
Family Program: Tree Detectives at Stoddert Elementary 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Stoddert Elementary School 4001 Calvert St NW
Help Casey Trees, Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service remove invasives and vines.
Bring the whole family to Tree Detectives, a family-focused tree tour where you’ll hunt for clues including leaves, flowers and fruit to help identify different trees.
Cost: Free Fruit Tree Workshop 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Stuart Center 821 Varnum St NE The workshop, led by fruit tree expert Michael Phillips, will include information on fruit tree basics including pruning, fungal disease management and insect challenges. Cost: $25 *Scholarships available
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 Social: Branch Out Happy Hour 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 1905 1905 9th St NW Join us at 1905 for our monthly happy hour! Free and open to all.
Cost: Free *No advanced registration required
Cost: Free
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 Family Program: Buds Story Time 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m 24th & R Streets NE Join us for our new family program, Buds, a tree-focused story time aimed toward an audience of toddlers and preschoolers.
Cost: Free This class is FULL but your name can be added to the waitlist.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 & SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 Class & Field Session: NonNative Invasive Plant Removal Class: 6:15 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Casey Trees Headquarters Field session: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Rock Creek Park This course looks at non-native, invasive plants and how they threaten native landscapes. Participants will learn how to identify and control invasives found in the D.C. area. The course consists of two parts on two different days: a 2.5 hour classroom session at the Casey Trees headquarters (August 20th) followed by a 2.5 hour field session (August 23rd) in Rock Creek Park. Participants will learn how to identify and control species of non-native, invasive plants found in the Washington, D.C. area including beefsteak plant, Japanese stiltgrass and mile-a-minute. Cost: Free *This course includes classroom and field sessions. Registering for the classroom session automatically registers participants for the field session
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 Volunteer: Petworth Tree Care 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 7th & Webster Streets NW Give young trees a leg up by caring for trees in Petworth with us!
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Family Program: Buds Story Time 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m Hill Center 921 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Join us at the Hill Center for our Buds family program, a treefocused story time aimed toward an audience of toddlers and preschoolers.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Family Program: Buds Story Time 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m Rock Creek Park Nature Center 5200 Glover Rd NW Join us for our new family program, Buds, a tree-focused story time aimed toward an audience of toddlers and preschoolers.
Cost: Free
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Cost: Free
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Social: Branch Out Happy Hour 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. El Centro 1819 14th St NW Join us at El Centro for our monthly social happy hour! Free and open to all.
Class: Tree Decay 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m Casey Trees Headquarters Come learn how to identify wood decay fungi and effective methods for testing trees for decay in this class led by Dr. Chris Luley.
Cost: Free
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Class: Stand Up for Trees 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m Casey Trees Headquarters
Class: Trees 201 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m Casey Trees Headquarters
Learn how to become an advocate for the trees in your community and turn your knowledge into action by joining Casey Trees’ league of Tree Advocates!
In this follow-up course to Trees 101, participants will learn more advanced tree identification skills and the process for identifying the right tree for the right place. Participants will get to test their newly acquired skills in a field session.
Cost: Free
**This is a Citizen Forester-qualifying course.
Cost: Free
**No advanced registration required.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Class: Trees 101 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Casey Trees Headquarters Get to know Washington, D.C.’s trees. This course provides a foundation in tree anatomy, tree identification and an overview of how trees function to provide the benefits we enjoy in the urban forest. The session will culminate with a street tree identification walk.
Cost: Free
**This is a Citizen Forester-qualifying course.
Tree Tour: Treeathlon with Melanie Choukas-Bradley 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Olmsted Summerhouse on the U.S. Capitol Grounds Jumpstart the fall season with Casey Trees’ Treeathlon, a Washington, D.C. tree tour led by Melanie Choukas-Bradley conducted via bicycle, on foot and by kayak or canoe! Registration opens August 12. Cost: $50
Cost: free *This is a Citizen Forester-qualifying course
Family Program: Tree Detectives at Stoddert Elementary 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Garfield Park South Carolina Ave & 3rd St SE Bring the whole family to Tree Detectives, a family-focused tree tour where you’ll hunt for clues including leaves, flowers and fruit to help identify different trees.
Cost: Free
Advanced registration is offered exclusively to Casey Trees Members. Not already a Member? Consider joining today and receive exclusive benefits like early registration to events like these!
CASEY TREES FALL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE Casey Trees is coming to you! Stop by our booths at these fall festivals to say hi and learn about our upcoming programs!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 H STREET FESTIVAL DC STATE FAIR
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Outdoor Tree Art & Games! Do you have an old tree stump, a big log or large tree cookie in your yard or school playground? Use those tree stumps to make a natural loom or play some outdoor games. This month we are inspired by the blogs Babble Dabble Do and The Enchanted Tree.
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Make your stump into a Natural Loom to use over and over again and see how your loom changes with the seasons. Get directions here to build one.
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You can also use the stump to play a good old fashioned game of tictac-toe with objects you collect outside.
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