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Tree Foundation helps support cherry blossom festival

Japan Consul-General Hiroshi Sato and Tree Foundation board member Randall Lantz plant a cherry tree.

Thirty-three of the 100 cherry trees to be planted this year as part of the first Cherry Blossom Festival in Nashville are funded by the Nashville Tree Foundation.

Honorary co-chair of the Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival Committee, Hiroshi Sato, the Consul-General of Japan in Nashville, said the goal is to plant 100 trees a year for 10 years.

Foundation board member Randall Lantz said 33 weeping, Yoshino and Akebono cherry trees provided by the Foundation were planted in Centennial Park, the median of James Robertson Parkway, and Public Square.

Nashville Tree Foundation works to preserve and enhance Nashville's urban forest by educating the public, planting trees in urban areas, identifying the oldest and largest trees in Davidson County, and designating arboretums.

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Tree Foundation founding board member Alice Ann Barge accepts her presidential proclamation from Nashville mayor Karl Dean and Keep America Beautiful president Matt McKenna.

Alice Ann Barge wins national award

Nashville Tree Foundation founding board member Alice Ann Barge received the President's Volunteer Service Award for lifetime achievement.

She accepted the award May 14 at a Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup Kick-Off event at Bicentennial Mall.

Keep America Beautiful president Matt McKenna read the proclamation signed by President Barack Obama, his first since taking office.

Alice Ann has dedicated her life to Nashville and especially its trees. She’s been involved with the Horticultural Society of Davidson County for many years. As a fourth-grade teacher for many years at Oak Hill School, Alice Ann’s science classes zeroed in on trees and how they function. She initiated many student-led projects including labeling the trees on the school property, many more than 200 years old.

She was instrumental in the Metropolitan Council establishing the Metropolitan Tree Board in 1985 and has served continuously on the Tree Board and its successor Metro Tree Advisory Council since its inception. She is MTAC’s only life member.

She has served on the board of the Nashville Tree Foundation since its founding In 1986. The Foundation’s highly popular Big Old Tree Contest followed the guidelines of one of her projects while a teacher.

“Her knowledge and love of trees continues to be an inspiration—and often a special project—to all those with whom she is associated,” said Tree Foundation president Betty Brown. “In addition to Tree Advisory and Tree Foundation this includes her garden club, her church, her family, and friends,” Brown said.

Tree lovers celebrate Big Old Tree
contest winners at High Tree Party

Dozens of tree lovers, nominators, and winners gathered at Spring Hill Cemetery to celebrate the 17 champions of the 22nd annual Big Old Tree Contest April 24. MORE

See a slideshow of winners • Slideshow of party

Warner Bass receives a maple bowl commemorating his Victor Johnson Award from Foundation board members Joan Armour and Eleanor Willis.

Warner Bass wins Victor Johnson Award

Nashville Tree Foundation honored attorney Warner Bass with the Victor Johnson Award for his contributions to Nashville's urban forest at the annual High Tree Party at historic Spring Hill Cemetery recently. MORE

Foundation contributes $10K for virgin forest

President Betty Brown presents a check for $10,000 to Friends of Warner Parks representatives Eleanor Willis and Warner Bass to help purchase the Hill Tract. (See story below.)

Friends commits to Hill Tract purchase

Friends of Warner Parks has informed the H.G. Hill Realty Company that it intends to move forward to purchase the 324-acre Hill Tract.

Located across Highway 100 from Percy and Edwin Warner Parks, the Hill Tract is valued at $17 million, but the Hills are offering it to FRIENDS for $10.8 million. FRIENDS needs to raise another $1 million by the end of May to acquire the property.

Help Friends capitalize on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Please, do your part now to protect this irreplaceable legacy for current and future Nashvillians. Click to make your donation today.

Late board member Ann Chapman honored

A long-time environmental leader and Tree Foundation board member has been memorialized with the Ann Chapman Grove on Public Square.

Chapman headed the Metro Beautification and Environment Committee for many years.

Metro Parks director Roy Wilson announced the grove and showed the bronze plaque at Nashville’s Arbor Day celebration March 26. The Ann Chapman Grove fulfills a promise made at an earlier Arbor Day by then-Mayor Bill Purcell.