Feb 18th, 2009

Free Trees! Yes Free!

by Jonah Holland

Two years ago, I participated in the Henricopolis free tree giveaway. It was great, I came home with 10 new shrubs and trees and they are doing really well — except for the dogwood my husband killed with the weed whacker.   You can be sure I’ll be at the tree give-away again this year, to replace that dogwood and get some more free trees.   The volunteers are great, giving planting advice and these are some really good tree and shrub choices for this region (read on for the varieties).

Planting trees helps the environment, helps the James River, and can help lower your heating and cooling bill too.  The free trees are available to all Henrico County residents.

The Henricopolis Soil and Water Conservation District (HSWCD) will hold its annual spring tree-seedling giveaway for Henrico County residents on Friday, March 20 at the Hermitage High School parking lot, 8301 Hungary Spring Road. Trees will be given away free of charge beginning at 8:30 a.m. until supplies run out.

HSWCD will offer 13 species of bare-root seedlings, including red bud, white and red osier dogwood, bald cypress, red maple and white oak. Information about individual species and guidelines for planting seedlings are available on the conservation district’s Web site at www.co.henrico.va.us/swcd.

The seedling giveaway is part of HSWCD’s ongoing efforts to
protect the James River watershed by reducing runoff and sediment flows into local streams.

About Jonah Holland

Jonah Holland is Digital Content Manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, where she has worked for 14 years overseeing social media, the blog, and the website. She is also a mom, yogi, open water swimmer, gardener, and seeker. She's been known to go for a walk in the Garden and come back with hundreds of plant photos, completely inspired to write her next blog post.

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