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November 19 ReLeafing Day, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Hadley Park and The Nations
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Nations, Hadley Park selected for free trees
Cumberland River Compact to plant for flood prevention
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More volunteers are needed to join ReLeafing Day veterans from Backfield in Motion, Oasis Center, Tennessee Aquatic Program/Jack and Jill, Montgomery Bell Academy and first timers from Tennessee State University. Click here:
8-8:30 a.m. Volunteers will check in for planting assignments at outdoor basketball courts near the Olympic statue on the Tennessee State University campus, 3500 John A. Merritt Boulevard.
8:45 a.m. Demonstration planting on TSU campus on right way to plant a tree by Metro Tree Advisory Committee members
Nashville Tree Foundation volunteers will plant 200 trees in the Nations and Hadley Park areas on the 10th annual ReLeafing Day November 19.
“We could not have planted thousands of trees in the past 25 years without partners like Nashville Electric Service and Cumberland River Compact, who are providing the trees again this year,” said Foundation President Pat Wallace.
“Homeowners previously approved for 100 free powerline-approved trees from NES have their choice of species — Yoshino cherry, trident maple, stellar pink dogwood, or forest pansy,” Wallace said. “These trees will need little or any pruning during their lifetime.”
In addition, Cumberland River Compact will provide 100 two-inch caliper trees for ReLeafing Day volunteers to plant on the Tennessee State University campus and at public schools and parks and flood buy-out properties in the Nations and north Nashville area.
“We are excited to be planting trees in some of Nashville’s most flood-impacted neighborhoods,” said Mekayle Houghton, program director for Cumberland River Compact. “The shade trees — disease-resistant elm, maple and oak — will improve the neighborhood’s small streams by reducing stormwater, providing shade, and cleaning the air.”
Wallace said more volunteers are needed to join ReLeafing Day veterans from Backfield in Motion, Oasis Center, Tennessee Aquatic Program/Jack and Jill, Montgomery Bell Academy and first timers from Tennessee State University. To volunteer, click on VOLUNTEER at right.
Wallace said that while this is the final event of the Foundation’s 25th anniversary, it is actually the 26th year for the organization to plant trees. “Our first planting was 12 red maples at Parkway Terrace Apartments in cooperation with the Metropolitan Development and Housing Authority in 1986, just months after the founding of NTF.”
ReLeafing Day evolved from the highly successful, award-winning ReLeaf Nashville project that planted 6,757 trees from 1998-2001 to replace some of the 20,000 destroyed by tornadoes April 16, 1998.
Nashville Tree Foundation’s partners this year include Cumberland River Compact, Nashville Electric Service, Metro Tree Advisory Committee, Metro Beautification and Environment Commission, Metro Office of Neighborhoods, and Tennessee State University.
Volunteers: Watch how to plant a tree before Nov. 19
Metro Tree Advisory Committee has created a four-minute “How to Plant a Tree” video. Click here to download.
2011 Partners
Nashville Tree Foundation’s partners this year include Cumberland River Compact, Nashville Electric Service, Metro Tree Advisory Committee, Metro Beautification and Environment Commission, Metro Office of Neighborhoods, and Tennessee State University.
Metro Tree Advisory Committee members will assist volunteers in the right way to plant a tree. Gloves from Metro Beautification and Environment Commission and tools on loan from Metro Schools will be provided.
Nashville Electric Service will also donate Microhorrizae to help the powerline-approved trees get established and grow, and Terra-serb, an organic starch product that absorbs up to 400 times its weight in water and releases it slowly. Both will go in the planting hole to help trees live and thrive even in drought conditions.
Beard’s Landscaping will provide a watering truck to fill the water rings provided with the powerline-approved trees. Cumberland River Compact will work with property owners to arrive at a watering plan for shade trees.