Bringing the Forest to the City, One Tree at a Time
Branch Out Burlington! promotes a vision of a city graced by a variety of beautiful and healthy trees, and a citizenry actively involved with the perpetual expansion and preservation of our urban forest.
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The 2020-21 pandemic has proven to be one of the greatest challenges in the 24 year history of our organization. We had to cancel all our established events, including the annual tree planting, monthly weeding bees at the nursery, the popular tree walk and winter seminar, and even the infamous Awesome Tree Contest and awards ceremony. Instead we hosted an art contest for young people with the Young Writers Project (https://youngwritersproject.org/).
This turned out to be one of YWP’s most successful contests. A Celebration of Trees received over 166 entries! The entries were any writing or visual art form with the focus on one tree, fiction or nonfiction, real or imaginary. Emphasis was on creativity and passion.
Branch Out Burlington! is launching a newsletter to remain connected with our volunteers during these challenging times. We hope to prepare a newsletter monthly over the winter, and perhaps less often in the growing season. Our goal is to let you know what BOB! is doing and keep you informed about local and national tree related matters. Our first newsletter came out in November 2020 and since then we have published several more – read them here. . . Newsletters
374 affordable trees were sold to Vermonters
157 young seedlings were planted in the Community Tree Nursery
80 trees from the nursery were planted along Burlington’s streets
76 trees were donated to local non-profits, schools and individuals in need
Town of Shelburne plants trees donated by Branch Out Burlington! Read more . . .
Old North End gets more than 200 new treesThe city of Burlington has planted more than 200 trees in the Old North End, where the canopy coverage is the lowest in the city, according to the city arborist. Read more . . .
Arbor Day should be about growing trees, not just planting themArbor Day should be about growing trees, not just planting them
A long time friend of Branch out Burlington! has tree dedicated in Apple Tree Park. Read more . . . .
After a little over one year of construction and ten years of planning, Burlington’s City Hall Park is finally open! The festive opening weekend on October 16-17, 2020 was full of music, tours, splash dances . . . Read more . . .
As of October 30, we completed all of our fall planting, 113 trees. 70 bare root trees from Schichtel’s and the remainder from the BOB nursery. Read more . . .
Our next meeting is July 13, 2021 at 5:30 – 7:30 pm. This meeting will take place at the UVM Hort Farm, at 65 Green Mtn Dr., So. Burlington. For more information contact Margaret Skinner at margaret.skinner@uvm.edu
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