The Leaflet: October 2014

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OCTOBER 2014

CASEY TREES NEWS IN BRIEF

Baby bear explores the Casey Tree Farm in Berryville

Thanks to a camera set up around the clock to capture wildlife on the Casey Tree Farm in Berryville, Va., this bear made his big screen debut.

CASEY TREES NEWS NEW ADDITION TO THE CASEY TREES STAFF | The Communications and Development team welcomes incoming Web Editor Alison Kim. With an undergraduate degree from Macalester College and a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Technologies from Virginia Tech, Alison brings both a keen visual eye and a savvy tech skillset to the Casey Trees team.

FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROGRAM UNVEILED | Have a project that doesn’t fit into our suite of programs? The Tree Planting Department is accepting applications for plantings and other types of work that don’t fall under our typical scope under a case by case basis. Please contact treeplanting@ caseytrees.org for more information.

TREE ADVOCATES MEETING ON NOV. 6 | The next Tree Advocates meeting will be held on Nov. 6 at the Casey Trees headquarters from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. and will feature a soon-to-be-announced guest speaker. Check back on the Casey Trees website in the coming week for more details and to register.

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MARK BUSCAINO PROVIDES TESTIMONY AT TRANSPORTATION REORGANIZATION ACT HEARING | Casey Trees Executive Director Mark Buscaino provided testimony at the Transporation Reorganization Act (TRA) hearing on Oct. 6. The revised version of the TRA addresses some of the concerns that Casey Trees initially raised with the Act, but key revisions are still needed to ensure that the District acheives its 40 percent canopy goal by 2035.

CASEY TREES TO PRESENT AT THE GREEN SCHOOLS NATIONAL CONFERENCE | Youth Programs Manager Priscilla Plumb and Director of Education Sue Erhardt will be presenting at the Green Schools National Conference in Virginia Beach, Va. next March. Her session, TreeWise: Connecting Kids to Trees in the City, will delve into how our TreeWise summer camp program connect’s D.C.’s kids to the tree canopy.

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CORPORATE SUPPORT FOR CASEY TREES MISSION | Looking for a way to get your company and employees more engaged and increase your environmental presence in the community? If you or your company is interested in taking a leading role in our city’s restoration efforts, Casey Trees offers a number of different opportunities through our Corporate Partnership program, including brand exposure though our various marketing platforms, reserved volunteer slots, Tree Dedications and more. Our tiered Corporate Partnership program is designed to meet your company’s specific philanthropic goals. For more information, contact Development Associate Amy Kasper at akasper@caseytrees.org or 202.833.9125.

URBAN FORESTRY NEWS

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The number of Casey Trees Members that have joined since the Membership Program was launched one year ago.

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RESTORE MASS AVE DEBUTS NEW WEBSITE | After undergoing an extensive redesign, D.C. non-profit Restore Mass Ave has unveiled a new website. The organization, many times a Casey Trees partner, works to engage residents, public and private parters and embassies in support of a full tree canopy along Embassy Row.

IN THIS ISSUE...

PROTECT D.C.’S TREES FOREVER............................................................................................................... 4 FRUIT FOR THE CITY..................................................................................................................................... 6 SPOTLIGHT: TIM HOAGLAND....................................................................................................................... 7 TREE SURVIVABILITY.................................................................................................................................... 8 AN EVENING OF APPRECIATION.................................................................................................................. 9 NOT THAT KIND OF PEEP SHOW......................................................................................................... 10-11 PLANTING NONUMENTS............................................................................................................................. 12 CASEY TREES RECEIVES NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE GRANT....................................................... 13 UPCOMING CLASSES, EVENTS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.............................................. 14-15 ARBOR KIDS: LEAF ART!............................................................................................................................ 16 theleaflet

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From the Desk Conservation Easements – Protect and Expand D.C.’s Canopy – Forever!

Indiscriminate tree removal, tree diseases, insect pests and invasive weeds are all setbacks to achieving D.C.’s 40 percent canopy goal, but nothing is more problematic than expansion of impervious surfaces. When a tree dies or is cut down, another can grow back to replace it. But when land is paved over or a building is erected, tree loss is permanent.

MARK BUSCAINO

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

WHAT IS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT? According to the Land Trust Alliance, a conservation easement is a legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust or government agency that permanently limits uses of the land in order to protect its conservation values. It allows landowners to continue to own and use their land, and they can also sell it or pass it on to heirs.

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The Casey Trees 2011 Lands Assessment shows that D.C. is covered by more buildings, concrete and asphalt (41 percent) than it is by tree canopy (36 percent). And with development at an all-time high, we can expect further increases in impervious surfaces and a greater loss of canopy - forever.

But there is a solution. And if you’re a property owner, you can be a part of it.

Casey Trees introduces our Conservation Easement Program, designed to preserve in perpetuity both open lands where more trees can establish and grow and land already supporting trees. If you’re a landowner, you can put all or part of your property into a Casey Trees Conservation Easement and help protect the legacy of D.C.’s trees.

Casey Trees Conservation Easements are well suited for:

• Lands that currently have trees or lawns and

• Lands located near ecologically-sensitive areas including rivers and streams

• Individual adjoining lots that, when protected together, provide larger open spaces

• Lands abutting parks, schools, historic sites and other areas of special interest

• City or federally-owned parks and open

spaces that would benefit from the extra level of protection against development a conservation easement can provide

• Lands preserved by developers for open

space or storm water credit requirements

By protecting your property with a conservation easement, you will help preserve and expand the tree canopy of our nation’s capital for generations to come. For detailed program information, contact me directly at mbuscaino@ caseytrees.org or (202) 349-1900.

Remember: trees need land to grow. With your help, they will have it – forever!

Thanks for your ongoing support!

Regards,

Mark Buscaino Executive Director

open areas that could support trees in the future

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FRUIT FOR THE CITY

Photo by Ellyse Stauffer

By Ellyse Stauffer, Communications & Marketing Intern | Bread for the City, an organization dedicated to providing comprehensive social services for D.C. residents in need, unveiled its newest project on Sept. 14. It is a 2.75 acre fruit orchard in Beltsville, Md., intended to provide nutritious food to D.C. residents in need.

Speaking in front of a group of volunteers, professionals and philanthropists, Dr. Sabine O’Hara, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), stated, “What we experiment with here is: how can you grow food for the city, within the city?”

The entire yield that is produced by this orchard will be distributed to D.C. residents in need. “People want to be healthy,” said Leonard Edwards, a Bread for the City volunteer, “but it’s difficult when there’s a food desert, where there’s only one grocery store in some wards. [D.C. residents] really depend on Bread for the City to theleaflet

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change that nutritional aspect.”

The orchard is the product of collaborative efforts between Bread for the City, UDC CAUSES, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and technical advising groups like Casey Trees.

Paul Taskier, President of the Board of Directors at Bread for the City, observed, “It’s quite an endeavor and a miracle – how do we take a piece of wood, stick it into the ground, to produce sustenance?” Zachari Curtis, the Sustainable Agriculture & Community Engagement Manager at Bread for the City, later remarked that the orchard is “one of the most well-managed miracles.”

Through the orchard’s life-span, numerous volunteers have planned, planted, pruned and harvested fruit from the trees.

“Casey Trees was proud to serve as a facilitator for this project. It was really meant to engage volunteers and give them hands-on work,” said Mark Buscaino, Executive Director of Casey Trees.

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CASEY TREES

Survival Study %s

MORTALITY STUDY

Condition

Number of Trees

%

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FOR INFOGRAPHIC: Alive Removed Dead

Good Poor Courtesy of Flickr user NCinDC Missing/Removed Dead Total Mortality

TREE SURVIVABILITY MORE THAN JUST THE NUMBERS By the Technical Research and Services Department | Why do we do it? Why is it important? How does it change things?

Casey Trees conducts an annual Survival Study which looks at more than 17,000 trees which we have planted since 2003.

The Technical Services and Research Department designed a study that analyzes 51 percent of the trees we’ve planted in order to understand and improve our plantings and survival throughout our operations.

This summer, a team of four interns biked to every corner of D.C. and assessed 5,000 trees. They measured different aspects of each tree, including the canopy condition, trunk diameter and, most importantly, whether or not it had survived.

Collecting this information is integral to gaining a more complete picture of the state of our urban canopy.

Based on our sample, just over 80 percent of our trees have survived since their planting date.

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While there are many factors that contribute to a tree’s survivability, the most detrimental to the health and longevity of a tree is typically limited to construction and development. Although trees are incredibly resilient, they face many dynamic obstacles that threaten their survival, especially in harsh urban environments like D.C. In addition to hot summers, disease and damage due to cars, transplanted trees are incredibly vulnerable in the first three years while they are reestablishing their root system.

Because our trees are planted all over the District, each one is under a unique combination of pressures that affect its survivability, such as water availability, sunlight exposure, land type, surrounding development and local stewardship. The Survival Study helps us understand when and where urban trees are most able to survive and how we can continue to improve planting and maintenance practices in order to create a healthier and more resilient urban canopy for generations to come.

4002 80.44% 827 16.62% 2.93%HAS CASEY146 TREES

PLANTED OVER 17,000 TREES SINCE 2002. OUR MORTALITY STUDY OVERALL EXAMINES 5167.48% PERCENT OF THE TREES WE’VE 3357 PLANTED THAT 645 12.96%HAVE BEEN IN THE GROUND 827 OVER 16.62%THREE YEARS. IN 2014, FOR 146WE2.93% STUDIED 4975 TREES. 973

19.55%

2.93% 16.62%

80.44%

ALIVE [4002] REMOVED [827] DEAD [146] PERCENTAGES SHOWN INCLUDE HEALTHY LIVING TREES, TREES THAT WERE COMPLETELY DEAD BUT WERE STILL IN THE GROUND AND TREES THAT WERE MISSING OR REMOVED. THE MISSING OR REMOVED TREES WERE EITHER REMOVED BY A HOMEOWNER BECAUSE THEY HAD DIED OR WERE ASSUMED TO BE REMOVED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT.

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Spotlight

Tim Hoagland, Digital Media Associate, takes his digital bow

By Casey Manning, Communications & Marketing Associate | Like the Wizard of Oz, Tim Hoagland, Digitial Media Associate, was the voice behind the curtain – often heard but rarely seen – that gave Casey Trees its unique point of view. Tim is moving on from Casey Trees but he won’t soon be forgotten.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AT CASEY TREES? Tim Hoagland: I’ve been with Casey Trees for a little over two years, and it’s been a huge learning experience. I came into a new position that hadn’t existed prior, with a lot of ideas but not much tested experience. Jared and the team at the time took a chance on me, and I’m glad they did.

AND WHERE ARE YOU HEADED NEXT? TH: I’ll be heading to the Center for Democracy & Technology, which focuses on civil liberties and the internet – things like freedom of expression, data security, consumer privacy, internet infrastructure and net neutrality. As a Digital Strategist, I’ll be handling everything from social media and blog content to new mediums like video and graphic design. theleaflet

YOU’VE DEFINITELY CHANGED CASEY TREES IN YOUR TWO YEARS HERE. HOW HAS CASEY TREES CHANGED YOU? TH: Casey Trees and the Communications & Development team have been a place for me to explore and grow tremendously. Prior to coming here, I’d never picked up a camera before – now I have a life-long hobby. I didn’t know there were outlets for my creativity that I could use toward a purpose or goal.

YOUR MOST MEMORABLE CASEY TREES MOMENT? TH: This one’s pretty easy – back in August 2013, our Tree Planting team got word that the trees from a planting of ours at Spingarn High School were being threatened by development of the D.C. Streetcar Project’s car barn. I jumped in the truck with thenarborist Sara Turner and tagged along with a camera and notepad, capturing her efforts to coordinate a rescue. It was incredible to see – this massive-scale demolition, and these trees standing their ground.

But I remember it most because when some of the Crew came to get these trees out of the ground and to a new site, we were really

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undermanned. There just weren’t enough hands to do all the work that needed to be done – so I put my camera down and grabbed a shovel, and I’ve never physically worked harder in my life. I had blisters on my hands for days. It was 95+ degrees, I wasn’t dressed appropriately and I’ve never felt closer to D.C. and the Casey Trees mission.

FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA POST OF THE LAST TWO YEARS: TH: Call be biased, but I have two – the July 4th meme from this year (clever, cleverrrr) and this picture from the DoMore24 campaign this summer. Weirdly, it’s one of my favorite photos I’ve taken: great color and lighting, well composed and I laugh every time I see it.

WHAT WILL YOU MISS MOST? TH: You guys! I’ve been writing and communicating to you readers, whether through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, the website, Flickr…I’ve gotten to know you all so well, what will I do without you? Maybe I made a mistake…uh oh.

TWO WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOUR TWO YEARS AT CASEY TREES: TH: Enlightening. Growth.

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Casey Trees celebrated one year of the Casey Trees Membership program on Oct. 2 in the Linden Grove at the Meridian House in Northwest D.C. Guests were treated to a funky jazz set by the Philadelphia-based Perseverance Jazz Band, vintage lawn games in the garden, hot cider and a penny candy bar as they made their ways home.

Interested in becoming a Casey Trees Member and receiving exclusive invitations to events like these? Click here for more information or to join today. theleaflet

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IN ANACOSTIA, LOOK FOR: RED OAK

IN ROCK CREEK PARK, LOOK FOR:

(QUERCUS RUBRA)

STRIKING RED

SWEETGUM (LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA)

RED MAPLE (ACER RUBRUM)

RED TO PURPLE

BRIGHT RED

BLACKGUM (NYSSA SYLVATICA)

SUGAR MAPLE (ACER SACCHARUM)

SPECTRUM OF YELLOW, ORANGE AND RED

YELLOWISH ORANGE

ON THEODORE ROOSEVELT ISLAND AND HAIN’S POINT, LOOK FOR: BALD CYPRESS (TAXODIUM DISTICHUM) RUSTY ORANGE

SYCAMORE (PLATANUS OCCIDENTALIS) RUSTY ORANGE

PIGNUT HICKORY (CARYA GLABRA) BRIGHT YELLOW

IN FORT DUPONT PARK, LOOK FOR: SILVER MAPLE (ACER SACCHARINUM) PALE YELLOW

CHESTNUT OAK (QUERCUS MONTANA)

NOT THAT

KIND OF PEEP SHOW

STRIKING RED

SYCAMORE (PLATANUS OCCIDENTALIS) RUSTY ORANGE

Esri, HERE, DeLorme, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS user community

Visualization by Zand Bakhtiari

THE DISTRICT BARES ITS BEST SEASONAL COLORS //

BY ELLYSE STAUFFER

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on’t leave leaf-peeping to weekend getaways in the Shanendoah Valley. Take a gander at all of the colors of fall without leaving the District! The wealth of trees in D.C. offer a variety of colors, a few highlights of which we’ve highlighted on the map to the left. Feeling less ambitious? Autumn spendor can be spotted in your own neighborhood! Be sure to share your leaf-peeping photos with us using the #DCLEAFPEEP hashtag, and we’ll publish our favorites in the November issue of the Leaflet.

IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, LOOK FOR: RED MAPLE, ACER RUBRUM BRIGHT RED

PIN OAK, QUERCUS PALUSTRIS REDDISH ORANGE

AMERICAN ELM, ULMUS AMERICANA CHEERFUL YELLOW

WHY DO LEAVES CHANGE COLOR? When trees are green, they contain chlorophyll, the pigment that helps trees produce sugars and oxygen needed for growth from carbon dioxide and water.

Trees lose their chlorophyll in autumn when days become shorter and the weather becomes cooler. Year round, trees do have pigments in addition to the green chlorophyll, like yellow xanthophyll or red anthocyanin, but they are only revealed in the fall when the chlorophyll disappears. theleaflet

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tree this fall LEARN HOW TO ADD AFFORDABLE BEAUTY TO YOUR HOME THIS FALL WITH CASEY TREES

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By Ellyse Stauffer, Communications & Marketing Intern | At the corner of 4th and I Streets SW, there are interesting new sights, not typical of D.C. streets. In one corner of a grassy lot, there is a garden, with inked leaves in the portrait of a local resident. On the opposite end stand tall, globular towers that only on second glance you realize are birdhouses. These structures are part of the public art installation called the 5x5 Project.

PLANTING NONUMENTS

5x5 Project is a product of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Through 5x5, the DCCAH selected five art professionals, who each selected five artists to contribute to public art installations.

The title of this particular exhibition is Nonuments, which 5x5 curator Lance Fung defines as “monuments for ordinary people.” As the curator, Fung selected five artists to contribute to this installation. All of these art pieces are connected by a string of trees, planted by Casey Trees.

The string of trees itself is a work of art. Peter Hutchinson, a wellknown “earth artist,” creates his work by throwing a rope, then planting flowers and shrubs along the path created by the rope. Hutchinson was commissioned by Lance Fung to create a large-scale work of art in the formerly unoccupied lot. The trees in Hutchinson’s piece tie together the other pieces in the exhibition, creating what Fung calls “a spiritual boundary” between them. Altogether, these ‘Nonuments’ celebrate the spirit and struggles of the D.C. resident.

The trending gentrification in D.C.’s neighborhoods is a side-effect of its current push for development. Jim Woodworth, Casey Trees’ Director of Tree Planting, often sees these development projects first hand near Casey Tree planting sites. “[This area in Southwest D.C.] is an anchor of new development,” said Woodworth, “I feel like that’s the new strategy, to populate metro areas by constructing giant office buildings.”

Fung also notes how the exhibition’s celebration of manual labor contrasts with the numerous tall office buildings around the lot.

Motioning to factions of buildings beyond the installation, Fung says, “You have your yuppies, the projects […] you can see when other people are disadvantaged.”

Unlike monuments, Nonuments are impermanent. With D.C.’s current push for development, building project timelines are swift. The lot on which this exhibition sits is already being assigned new development projects. “I went into this project knowing full well that these areas were intended for development,” said Woodworth. “I like the idea of trees as art, [but] the notion of trees as permanent art would be better.”

This being a temporary installation, the trees will be donated and transplanted in a new location in D.C. If logistics allow, the trees will remain in Southwest D.C., planted by the local community.

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NFWF Awards $114K to plant 750 trees in local National Parks

By Amy Kasper, Development Associate | Casey Trees, along with a number of other groups, has been awarded from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in an effort to improve water quality and reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay region. Over $3 million dollars was awarded to 13 projects that span across Maryland and the District, projects which address much needed areas along the Chesapeake.

Funding was awarded through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, and with over $100k in award dollars, Casey trees commits to plant 750 trees over the course of two years, engage over 800 volunteers and restore five acres of impaired National Park Service lands across several sites in Washington, D.C. Areas of focus will include priority restoration sites in Rock Creek Park in NW and Fort theleaflet

Dupont Park in Southeast as identified by National Park Service Natural Resource Management professionals. Both of these areas are heavily infested by invasive species, and chronically stressed by deer browse, stream bank erosion and other detrimental impacts. Casey Trees plans to work with National Park Service staff, volunteers and community partners to remove invasive plants prior to planting, and to provide adequate deer protection, as well as post-planting maintenance, to ensure the best chances of native forest restoration into the long term.

These project efforts will inject critical resources into the two largest tracts of contiguous open space and forest in Washington, DC, by displacing invasive species, establishing strong new foot -holds for native plant regeneration, to increase root penetration, better stabilize soil, and reduce erosion and stormwater runoff in especially critical areas of riparian forest along the

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Chesapeake. This project will also contribute to our 40 percent tree canopy goal.

In additional to riparian restoration projects such as this, funding through the NFWF Stewardship Fund will go toward the restoration of wetlands, stream banks, oyster reefs and open spaces, as well as green infrastructure projects such as the creation of rain gardens, shoreline buffers, and stormwater management projects. These and similar projects will restore habitat for native wildlife, improve water quality and reduce the flow of pollution into rivers and streams.

A small piece of the big picture, Casey Trees is proud to be a part of such a tremendous group of projects. The continuation, completion and support of these projects is critical to not only restoring, enhancing and protecting the tree canopy of the District, but also restoring, enhancing, and protecting the environment of our communities.

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Events Tree care events and programs to kick off the fall season September is filled with classes and events to get you excited about the fall season. Become a Casey Trees Member to receive exclusive benefits, including advanced registration to events like the ones below.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14 Social: Branch Out Happy Hour Bar Pilar 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

1833 14th Street NW Join us upstairs at Bar Pilar for our monthly social happy hour for friends and volunteers. Open to all.

Cost: Free

**No advanced registration required.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 Class: Tree Planting for Homeowners 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Casey Tree Farm Learn the basics about tree selection and planting in this workshop for homeowners. Tree care begins at day one and this class will get you and your trees off to a strong start.

Cost: Free

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 Citizen Science Training: Phenology Monitoring 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Casey Trees Headquarters We are seeking observers in the D.C. area to track the timing of seasonal events in several native tree species. You can join this effort by attending this training session and learning how to monitor tree phenology in your own yard or favorite greenspace.

Cost: Free

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7

Tree Tour: Fall at Casey Tree Farm 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Casey Tree Farm

Family Program: Buds Story Time at the Hill Center 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m Hill Center 921 Pennsylvania Avenue SE

Join us for a fall color tree tour at Casey Tree Farm in Berryville, VA where participants will discover the beauty of the surrounding forests valley.

Join us at the Hill Center for our Buds family program, a treefocused story time aimed toward an audience of toddlers and preschoolers.

Cost: Free

Cost: Free

*This tour is full. Waitlist spots available.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8

nestled in the Shenandoah River

Family Program: Buds Story Time at Rock Creek Park Nature Center 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Rock Creek Park Nature Center 5200 Glover Rd NW

Join us at the Rock Creek Park Nature Center for our Buds family program, a tree-focused story time aimed toward an audience of toddlers and preschoolers.

Cost: Free

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Class: Structural Pruning at Casey Tree Farm 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Casey Tree Farm This class will provide an introduction to basic pruning concepts and principles with an emphasis on pruning younger trees to encourage their health and structural integrity.

Family Program: Buds Story Time at Rock Creek Park Nature Center 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 p.m.

Rock Creek Park Nature Center 5200 Glober Rd NW Join us at the Hill Center for our Buds family program, a treefocused story time aimed toward an audience of toddlers and preschoolers.

Cost: Free

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Tree Tour: Unique Tree Species at Smithsonian Gardens 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Enid A. Haupt Garden 950 Independence Ave SW Discover several tree species rarely found in D.C. on this tree tour through the Smithsonian Gardens. Participants will learn from the Gardens’ Arborist and Tree Collection Manager about the unique specimens and how these species were chosen.

Cost: Free *This tour is full. Waitlist spots available.

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Fall Community Tree Planting schedule WHITTIER EDUCATION CAMPUS

PAUL PCS E.L. HAYNES PCS

WASHINGTON LATIN PCS THE STUART CENTER

BATTERY KEMBLE PARK

FALLWASHINGTON 2014 PLANTING SITES YU YING PCS

Volunteer opportunities are in orange. School planting events are not open to outside volunteers. Advance registration for volunteer events is required.

BROOKLAND MANOR APTS ALL SOULS CHURCH

NEVAL THOMAS ELEMENTARY

PARK AT LEDROIT PAYNE ELEMENTARY FORT DUPONT PARK

10/8 10/9 10/11 10/15 10/22 10/23 10/25 10/29 11/1 11/1 11/6 11/8 11/15 11/22 12/13

Washington Latin PCS Volunteer E.L. Haynes PCS spots Stuart Center Community Tree Planting still Neval Thomas Elementary School available!

Whittier Education Campus Paul PSC Park at LeDroit Community Tree Planting Payne Elementary School All Souls Church Unitarian Community Tree Planting Brookland Manor Apartments Community Tree Planting Yu Ying PCS Banneker Recreation Center Community Tree Planting Fort Dupont Park Community Tree Planting Battery Kemble Park Community Tree Planting Takoma Recreation Center Community Tree Planting

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Arbor Kids

Make fall leaf art!

Collect colorful fallen leaves from the ground around tree and make some critters with your leaves.

Get some inspiration from the beautiful creations below.

Courtesy of spoonful.com

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Courtesy of Look What I Did With a Leaf! By Morteza E. Sohi

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