Boston Shines Earth Day Project
| Hours: | 8:00am - 4:00pm |
| In/Outdoor: | Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Green Events |
Activities will involve a major grounds cleanup, restoration of flower beds, and the planting of perennials. Massachusetts Arborists Association member C&C Maltby Tree Care will prune trees, remove diseased trees, and supervise new tree plantings. A team of volunteers from Cisco Systems will donate their time, as well as Dimock staff.
Grow Boston Greener and the Boston Urban Forest Coalition will also use the day as an opportunity to provide tree planting and care training from 10 a.m. to 12 noon for local grant recipients of Grow Boston Greener Tree Grants, including the Dimock Center which has received a Grow Boston Greener grant for new trees to be planted on the Center’s main campus.
The purpose of the training is for grant winners to learn how to execute site analysis and planting and maintenance. Each grant recipient must participate in the event as part of the grant requirements. The training will begin with a demonstration by tree planting experts from the Urban Ecology Institute and will continue with hands-on planting assistance. Following the training, the Grow Boston Greener Tree Grant Program awardees will be presented with their tree planting grants. All grantee tree plantings must be completed by June 1.
Grow Boston Greener (GBG) is a collaborative effort of the City of Boston and its partners in Boston’s Urban Forest Coalition (BUFC) to increase the urban tree canopy cover in the city by planting 100,000 trees by 2020. The planting of these trees will increase Boston’s tree canopy cover from 29% to 35%, by 2030 as the planted trees mature.
Boston’s Urban Forest Coalition (BUFC) is a coalition of non-profit, city, state, and federal organizations working to transform Boston’s urban forest in order to improve the urban forest ecosystem, public health, and quality of life for Boston’s residents.
For more information on the city’s Earth Day and Arbor Day events, please call (617) 635-4505.
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55 Dimock Street, Roxbury, MA map
Phone: (617) 635-4505
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