Join us at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, April 4th in
the 2800 block of Chippewa as Parkway
Partners volunteers install this planting
season's last ReLeaf New Orleans trees. A
Toasting Ceremony will cap off the 2008-2009
planting season and take the total of trees
planted through Parkway Partners to 6,000!
In recognition of the milestone, Louisiana's
Urban Forester, Tom Campbell, will be on
hand to deliver celebratory remarks.
Trees should go in the ground in the coolest
months of the year in our region. "By the end
of March," says the Louisiana Urban Forestry
Council, "all tree plantings should cease.
Roots need time to become established in the
ground before the heat of summer arrives."
Since October 1st, Parkway Partners
volunteers have installed more than 280 crepe
myrtle, oak, redbud, silverbell, holly, fringe and
magnolia trees in Treme, Central City, New
Orleans East, and Gentilly. Another 300 trees
of the same variety were planted in Lakeview,
Uptown, Carollton, Marigny, Bywater, and
along Paris Avenue.
New Orleans residents, City Year of Louisiana,
Holy Cross High School and visiting college
students all embraced Parkway Partners' 10
for the Hood program and took pride in
planting entire city blocks.
Information about ReLeaf New Orleans link here . . .
