Tree Board Receives Backyards of Broadwater Grant
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Patrick Plantenberg, Tree Board Chair
Townsend Tree Board Chair, Townsend Rotary Club |
Tree Board Receives Backyards of Broadwater Grant
Patrick Plantenberg, Tree Board Chair
Backyards of Broadwater Yard and Garden Tour uses proceeds from its annual garden tour to support local horticulture, gardening, and tree activities including beautification projects, education, and care and maintenance in public areas in Broadwater County.
This year the Townsend Tree Board received a grant from Backyards of Broadwater for $258 to cover the cost of five trees planted on city property to replace five of the almost two dozen trees that died last winter. The Tree Board planted a variety of trees to increase the diversity in our community forest. The trees planted included: Hackberry, Harvest Gold Linden, Prairie Expedition Elm, Valley Forge Elm, and a Redmond Linden.
The Tree Board budget for 2022-2023 was $10,000 which was to be used exclusively for watering our existing trees. The Tree Board had no money to remove dead and dying trees, grind the stumps, and replant new trees. It is not good to have dead and dying trees in our inventory. The project aligns with the Backyards of Broadwater purpose: "activities including beautification projects and care and maintenance of trees in public areas in Broadwater County".
Over 2,000 Townsend residents will enjoy the trees planted. The Tree Board used Broadwater County High School horticulture students to help remove and replant a couple of the trees before school was out. The Tree Board thanks Backyards of Broadwater for their continued support of Tree Board projects.
