Forest Hill's TreeGeneration

It is March and the forecast is a cold spring.  That doesn’t stop us from thinking about trees and flowers.  We have begun preparations for our annual rain barrel sale and our spring bulb fundraiser from Vesey’s.  Plans for the next phase are underway.  A small grove or two, on the far side of the soccer fields complete with a fully mulched area and sitting rocks or benches.  I can see it now.  Can You?

Grand River Conservation Foundation has granted Forest Hill’s TreeGeneration $250 toward our Five Trees Around the Climbers.  The trees, border and mulch have been completed and already the shade of these five trees makes a great difference on our school yard.

Forest Hill’s TreeGeneration committee members started the plans for this phase before we began to help with the learning grounds project.  Our main goal, as always is to create a “cool” and shady place to play and learn while at school.

We have six ash trees that, while they are not showing signs of emerald ash borer, they will in all likelihood die within a few years.  So we are adding five more trees around the climber to add shade in the hopes that the new trees will grow quite a bit before the other trees are gone.

Three more trees on the bench side of the climber and two more trees on the side closer to the asphalt.