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Small Trees, Big Impact
We are thrilled to have the Union County Vice-Chair Williams at Richmond Towers in the City of Plainfield! Check out the wonderful garden that they have! We’re so eager to see how the garden in addition to the new apple tree will grow! Thank you for the wonderful tour of the garden!
The Queen City Tree
We are honored to have the Union County Vice-Chair Williams in attendance with the City of Plainfield! Awarded this year with a cherry tree we are beyond excited to see how the Sloane Boulevard Community Garden will flourish this year! Thank you to those who came out for this wonderful cherry tree planting!
Students from DLC had a wonderful hands-on learning experience this week! They welcomed a new apple tree to the campus, learning exactly how to plant it and what it takes to help it grow and thrive. It was a fantastic lesson in nature and responsibility that our students will get to watch grow for years to come.
Greening the Community
This wonderful space will continue to make tree planting improve the air quality and strengthen our environment for years to come! We extend our sincere appreciation to everyone who participated and helped make this tree planting a success! We wish you the best for the new cherry tree!
Together We Grow
This is the perfect location to grow apple trees! The area where the tree was planted the apple tree is in direct sunlight! Although the tree is small right now, we are excited for this tree to be taken care of! Ashley from Groundworks Elizabeth were able to educate the students on grafting! One tree can produce different kinds of apples through grafting, it has a sticky like substance that growers can attach branches from different apple varieties onto one tree. Allowing it to grow multiple type of apples!
Planting Kindness for the Planet
Thank you to everyone who attended this wonderful tree planting at Union County Vocational- Technical School! The Cherry Tree that was awarded to them, also serves as a symbol of patience and perseverance! Beyond their beautiful blossoms and delicious fruit, cherry trees provide shade, support pollinators like bees and butterflies, and add natural beauty to our shared spaces.
Nature’s Helpers
Tree planting day is a wonderful opportunity for the students to learn outside the classroom, to work together and make a positive impact! They were awarded with an apple tree this year! Apple Trees like the winter time due to a period of time where it goes through chilling hours to produce flowers and fruit the following year. We are excited to see how this apple tree flourishes!
Green Today, Better Tomorrow
We had a large group of students attend this tree planting! We were so happy to see these students come out to learn more about their apple tree!
Ashley from Groundworks Elizabeth explained to the students how apple trees can range from small, which is about 2-3 meters tall, to a large tree, which range over 10 meters tall! She also mentioned a healthy and mature apple tree can produce hundreds of apples in a year!
Thank you again for having the students come out for Groundworks Elizabeth wonderful presentation 😊
One Tree, One Hope, One Better Tomorrow
This community came together for a special tree planting event that celebrated teamwork, environmental care, and our shared commitment to creating a greener future. In the spring, a mature apple tree may produce thousands of flowers, but only some of them develop into apples! Thank you to everyone for making this tree planting a success! We look forward to seeing how your apple tree thrives!
The Green Legacy They Leave Behind
The wonderful students here took part in preparing the planting areas, placing the tree carefully into the soil! We learned that, just like students, trees need care and attention in order to grow strong! Awarded with an apple tree, this wonderful tree comes with different variety of apples such as Granny Smith, Gala apple, and Honeycrisp! We hope that the new tree will become a special part of their school! As the students leave their legacy behind journeying to another school after the summer!
