Casey Trees announces spring Community Tree Planting schedule
Volunteers needed to help plant trees at record number of events.
(Washington, DC – X June 2010) – Casey Trees will plant more than 750 trees at 47 sites across the District this spring through its Community Tree Planting (CTP) program. The spring 2011 CTP schedule includes the greatest number of planting events Casey Trees has undertaken in one season to date.
Of note is the number of schools and learning centers — 21, another record this season — scheduled to receive trees. Casey Trees’ education department works with public, private and charter K-12 schools located in the District to coordinate tree plantings on and surrounding their campuses and to develop educational programming such as tree rallies to prepare students to plant.
Orr Elementary School students and faculty will kickoff Casey Trees’ Arbor Day celebration on April 30 by planting 15 trees on their campus. Immediately following, Casey Trees will host an Open House at its new headquarters in Brookland featuring family friendly activities, demonstrations and tours highlighting the new building’s green features.
Additionally, The Farm at Walker Jones Education Campus is one of three sites that will plant edible fruit-producing trees as part of Casey Trees’ pilot fruit tree program. The small orchard will help deepen student understanding of urban agriculture, provide hands-on learning opportunities and develop knowledge of health and nutrition.
This spring also marks the start of Casey Trees’ partnership with the National Cherry Blossom Festival. With funding from ING and The Home Depot, the Festival is underwriting the planting of 35 cherry trees spread across eight CTP sites, one site in each Ward. All additional trees at these sites will be paid for by Casey Trees.
Of note is the number of schools and learning centers — 21, another record this season — scheduled to receive trees. Casey Trees’ education department works with public, private and charter K-12 schools located in the District to coordinate tree plantings on and surrounding their campuses and to develop educational programming such as tree rallies to prepare students to plant.
Orr Elementary School students and faculty will kickoff Casey Trees’ Arbor Day celebration on April 30 by planting 15 trees on their campus. Immediately following, Casey Trees will host an Open House at its new headquarters in Brookland featuring family friendly activities, demonstrations and tours highlighting the new building’s green features.
Additionally, The Farm at Walker Jones Education Campus is one of three sites that will plant edible fruit-producing trees as part of Casey Trees’ pilot fruit tree program. The small orchard will help deepen student understanding of urban agriculture, provide hands-on learning opportunities and develop knowledge of health and nutrition.
This spring also marks the start of Casey Trees’ partnership with the National Cherry Blossom Festival. With funding from ING and The Home Depot, the Festival is underwriting the planting of 35 cherry trees spread across eight CTP sites, one site in each Ward. All additional trees at these sites will be paid for by Casey Trees.
On April 21, Casey Trees will coordinate the second and final Rails-to-Trails Conservancy-sponsored planting along the Metropolitan Branch Trail with funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation.
Casey Trees welcomes volunteer support at its CTP events, with the exception of school plantings, which are not open to the public. Advance registration is required. Individuals can register at www.caseytrees.org/education.
Established in 2005, the CTP program provides trees, tools and technical assistance to individuals and groups interested in adding 10 or more trees to private property in the District free of charge. Groups commit to watering and caring for the trees for two years following their planting. Casey Trees has planted more than 3,300 trees through the CTP program since its inception.
March | 2 | SEED Public Charter School | April | 1 | The Catholic University of America* |
| 3 | Hyde Leadership Public Charter School | 2 | Woodland-Normanstone Neighborhood Association Centennial | ||
| 3 | Friendship Public Charter School | ||||
| 4 | Kennedy Street NW – ANC 4D | 4 | Golden Triangle BID | ||
| 5 | The Catholic University of America | 6 | Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys | ||
| 9 | Columbia Heights Education Campus* | 6 | THEARC | ||
| 9 | St. Columba’s Nursery School | 7 | Calvary Baptist Church* | ||
| 10 | JC Nalle Elementary School* | 7 | Tudor Place Foundation | ||
| 12 | Fort Mahan Park | 9 | Columbia Heights Village Tenants Association | ||
| 16 | Leckie Elementary School | 9 | Latin American Youth Center, Inc. | ||
| 17 | Johnson Middle School | 13 | Georgetown Visitation Prep School | ||
| 17 | Garfield Elementary School | 16 | Turkey Thicket Recreation Center | ||
| 18 | Restore Mass Ave | 16 | Michigan Park Citizens Association | ||
| 19 | Tait Triangle Park* | 20 | St. Paul’s at Rock Creek Church Parish | ||
| 19 | Friends of 16th Street Heights Park – Hamilton Recreation Center* | 21 | Metropolitan Branch Trail | ||
| 22 | David M. Stemper Memorial Rain Garden | ||||
| 22 | St. Colleta of Greater Washington | 22 | 13th & C Street SE Community Park and Garden | ||
| 23 | St. Colleta of Greater Washington | 23 | Crestwood Citizens Association | ||
| 23 | The Farm at Walker Jones | 30 | Orr Elementary School | ||
| 24 | Two Rivers Public Charter School | 30 | Congress Heights Community Park | ||
| 24 | J.O. Wilson Elementary School* | 30 | Ballou Senior High School* | ||
| 26 | Congressional Cemetery | ||||
| 26 | Fund of Sherwood Park, Inc. | May | 7 | Alice Deal Middle School | |
| 30 | C. Melvin Sharpe Health School | ||||
| 30 | Powell Elementary School | ||||
| 31 | LAMB Public Charter School | ||||
| 31 | Brightwood Education Campus | * National Cherry Blossom Festival sponsored site |