Applying for certification for Tree Campus involves a very enjoyable day of taking stock of the previous year. They ask about tree plantings, removals, dollars spent, volunteer hours, and community service projects. During a terribly boring snowless winter, it was … Continue reading →…Continue Reading 2011′s Tree Karma Score
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Arbor Day 2012
I measure my life in tree plantings. Every time I come home from the Burlington airport, I drive down Dorset street in South Burlington and visit a Blue spruce I planted on a landscape job my first year out of … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Arbor Day 2012
A New Class Tree
What we call a Class Tree on campus is a tree commemorating a graduated class, typically christened with a ceremony during reunion, such as on a 10th, 25th, or even greater. Our department was recently asked to pick a potential … Continue reading →…Continue Reading A New Class Tree
Season Creep
Everybody has their own phenologies, their own timing of spring. First day the snow shovels get put away (unused in my driveway at all this year, I might add), first day of working without long johns on, or maybe the … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Season Creep
Become a Vermont Tree Steward
This comes to me from a friend of mine-a Kate Forrer, of the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program, UVM Extension. There are over 350 SOUL graduates throughout the state, and everyone I know that has taken it has loved … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Become a Vermont Tree Steward
Lightning 1, Spruce 0
Anyone around this summer, or past readers of this blog, will remember a large thunderstorm that ripped through Middlebury two days after Independence Day. Several trees were struck by lightning, which I wrote about after the storm. The largest tree … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Lightning 1, Spruce 0
Tree Removals 2011
Like most years, the landscape department takes advantage of the upcoming holiday break to do some tree removals. Not that we are doing anything under the cover of darkness-it’s more like we don’t want to break the solitude of campus … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Tree Removals 2011