Our Garden Club of the Back Bay members will be pleased to read an excerpt from a letter recently received by our Presidents, Jackie Blombach and Jolinda Taylor, from Sylvia Salas, Executive Director of The Esplanade Association. As you may remember, at the end of our past fiscal year we contributed $2,500 to The Esplanade Association for its tree inventory work, and an additional $2,500 to the Emergency Tree Fund:
“Thank you, again, for support of The Esplanade Association’s Emergency Tree Fund. The funds you contributed are helping to replace storm damaged and destroyed trees on the Esplanade. Some exciting progress has been made for new plandtings and TEA also has been working with the Department of Conservation and Recreation on a number of fronts to ensure that newly planted trees thrive and that the health of existing trees is improved.
New willows will be planted in Otis Grove, one of the areas hardest hit by the June 6th storm, beginning this spring. (Salix alba ‘Tristis’ has been recommended for its vigor and hardiness);
With funding from TEA, around 100 trees surrounding the hatch Shell have been pruned in the last couple of weeks and more will be pruned in the next few weeks;
A highly qualified arborist has begun to update the existing tree inventory. He will assess each tree’s health and make recommendations for appropriate tree care;
TEA is working with the DCR to establish demonstration projects where an intensive program of tree management will be engaged.”
For continued updates on TEA’s tree work, log on to www.esplanadeassociation.org, or contact them at 617-227-0365.
