TREES PLANTED

ReLeaf Lawrenceville works to empower neighborhood volunteers with direction and projects to protect and increase the community’s tree canopy Lawrenceville Tree Tenders partnered with local parks, organizations, businesses, and volunteers to work towards increasing tree canopy Steering Committee members held meetings to guide plans and identify planting projects in Lawrenceville. Lawrenceville Tree Tenders continually engage property owners to increase the number of street trees planted and submit TreeVtialize applications for nearly every round of funding

Lawrenceville is home to parks such as Arsenal Park, Duncan Park, 57th Street Playground, Leslie Park, McCandless Park, Sullivan Park, and World War I Memorial Park. Though there are numerous parks, there have not been many tree plantings in parks since the beginning of ReLeaf Lawrenceville. The lack of plantings is partially due to anticipated renovations in parks, including Arsenal Park and Leslie Park Continued ReLeaf efforts championed a park planting of 19 trees in Arsenal Park on April 2, 2022 Combined efforts from the community, a corporate group, and Tree Pittsburgh staff ensured a successful planting These parks have also served as locations for outreach tabling events Tree Tenders and Tree Pittsburgh staff members have tabled at the farmers market in Arsenal Park to engage with community members about various tree topics, including tree benefits and ReLeaf efforts in their neighborhood Duncan Park received 14 fruit-bearing trees in a planting effort led by Tree Tenders and Lawrenceville United in the fall of 2021

Other green spaces in Lawrenceville include the Lawrenceville Three Rivers Heritage Trail, which leads to a dog park There have been numerous plantings on this trail, including containerized and balled and burlapped trees. These plantings aim to shade out invasive species and increase canopy coverage along the trail The most recent planting along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail planted 25 trees with the help of a corporate group on October 27, 2021 Allegheny Cemetery welcomed its first planting in years on October 22, 2021, by planting 20 new trees with the help of local volunteers and Duquesne Light Company Efforts from Tree Pittsburgh staff resulted in 14 trees being planted on Tree Pittsburgh’s campus and 7 in Lawrenceville Tree Park. The Stephen Foster Center also received 10 new trees on May 7, 2022 as part of continued ReLeaf efforts