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  • Friday, October 18, 5:00 pm – Application Deadline for Grow Boston Greener’s Fall Tree Giveaway

    Due to the overwhelming interest in planting trees in Boston, Grow Boston Greener is giving away 100 FREE trees on Saturday, October 26! The Free Tree Giveaway is aimed at broadening community level tree planting efforts by giving away free trees to Boston residents, non-profits and community groups. We have formally launched the Tree Giveaway on growbostongreener.org.

    The Grow Boston Greener Tree Giveaway is made possible through the Boston Urban Forest Program, a partnership effort by the Boston Natural Areas Network, the City of Boston’s Park Department, Office of the Mayor’s Sustainability Initiative Greenovate Boston, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

    Available trees include fruit, flowering, shade, or conifer trees. Trees will be in 5 gallon pots, 6′ in height, and weigh about 50 pounds each. The trees must be planted in the City of Boston. Pick up time and location, one day only, Saturday, October 26 from 10 – 2 at City Natives, 30 Edgewater Drive in Mattapan. On that day also, two half hour training sessions will be offered at 11 and 1, on how to properly plant and care for your trees. You must agree to water and maintain the trees for two years following the planting date, to help ensure the tree establishes itself and survives. The trees must be planted before November 30, 2013.

    The application form may be found at www.growbostongreener.org/gbg, and you may email the completed form to linda@bostonnatural.org, or mail to Grow Boston Greener, Attn: Linda Ciesielski, Boston Natural Areas Network, 62 Summer Street, 2nd floor, Boston, MA 02110.  Image from www.upwithtrees.org.

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  • Garden Club of the Back Bay Announces Annual Grant Recipients

    Thanks in no small part to the continued success of our recent Twilight Garden Party, The Garden Club of the Back Bay announces that the following organizations will receive a total of $20,000 in financial grants for 2011:

    The Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee – $5,000 to be credited to the Hereford Street to Massachusetts Avenue  air spading project fund.

    The Friends of the Public Garden – $4,000 to continue the inoculation of elms at risk for contracting Dutch elm disease.

    The Esplanade Association – $2,500 for the Elliot Oval Landscape Restoration, planting new trees and treating trees already on site, near the newly restored Community Boating docks.

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy – $2,500 for a planned meadow to be developed with native species and wildflowers.

    Boston Nature Center/Massachusetts Audubon Society – $2,500 to support six full scholarships for its summer camp.  The children attending the camp range in age from 5 to 14 and are from the local neighborhoods of Mattapan, Roslindale, and Jamaica Plain.

    Charles River Clean Up Boat – $2,000, to help continue the project of keeping the Charles River trash-free.

    Urban Ecology Institute – $1,000 to help with its Grow Boston Greener tree planting initiative.

    The Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America – $500 to the Blossom Fund, which is accumulating funds over a five year period to be awarded to a deserving project on or about the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

    For more information on all these important organizations and to learn more about the work they do, visit their website links above.  In addition to the above grants, The Garden Club of the Back Bay will spend an additional $20,000 on planting, pruning, and treating the street trees in our neighborhood over the coming year.  Thank you to all our volunteers and contributors for making our horticultural endeavors happen!