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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Do your kids have cabin fever? Are they going stir crazy from Covid? Why not suggest they get out to look at the cool trees around them and share what they find. Branch Out Burlington! is teaming up with the Young Writers Project to hold a contest we call Trees: Lifeline for our Planet specifically for young people (~13-18 year-olds). We are asking them to creatively capture their passion for trees and appreciation of the role trees play in combating climate change. We want the artwork to communicate the urgent need to value trees for reversing our current climate change trajectory. Entries can be in written or visual art form, including poems, essays, photography, paintings, drawings and even songs. There are great cash prizes to win and a chance to be discovered as an artist by the local community. Contest entries are accepted from January 15 – February 28, 2022. To learn more, go to: https://youngwritersproject.org/node/43213
To learn the basics of the important role of trees in our fight against climate change, go to our 1-page factsheet at: https://ywplivemedia.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/TREES.%20Fact%20sheet.pdf
If you don’t fit into the category of “youth”, don’t despair, you can still share your creations by sending them to Bill Allen (ballen@hineshort.com). We might feature them in one of our BOB! monthly newsletters or on our website.
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
214 trees from the nursery were planted along Burlington’s streets
76 trees were donated to local non-profits, schools and individuals in need
A total of 450 trees were planted in Burlington this year! A record number of trees for the city of Burlington.
https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/life/2021/08/25/free-samplings-burlington-colchester-winooski-tree-equity-campaign/5584896001/
Listen Up: VJ Comai, Arborist, Burlington Parks, Recreation and WaterfrontJoin hosts Gina Stevensen and Quinn Rol in this inspiring, TED Talk-like speaker series, featuring VJ Comai, Arborist, Burlington Parks, Recreation and Waterfront. BCA patio, City Hall Park, August 2nd, 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Read more . . .
Spring Tree Planting in ShelburneTown of Shelburne plants trees donated by Branch Out Burlington! Read more . . .
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 February 8, 2022 at 6:00 – 8:00 pm. This meeting will take place via Zoom. For more information contact Margaret Skinner at margaret.skinner@uvm.edu
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