Springfield Arbor Allies

COME JOIN US SATURDAY OCTOBER 29th!

2011-10-21T14:37:00.000-07:00

Please come join us at on Saturday October 29th at 8:30am at the Forest Park Conference Room. We will be planting 40 trees in the Six Corners and Old Hill neighborhoods of Springfield. Please be sure to dress appropriately for the planting you will be getting dirty. We will provide tools, gloves, water and food for after the planting. Contact Michael Tully (413)886-5183 for any information regarding the planting.

Location of Forest Park Conference Room below:

First Tornado Replanting in South End and Forest Park

2011-10-21T12:57:00.000-07:00

FIRST TREE TORNADO REPLANTING!

On Saturday October 15th about 20 volunteers with the help of the Springfield Arbor Allies planted 40 trees in the South End and Forest Park neighborhoods of Springfield. These neighborhoods were devastated by the June 1st tornado which lost much of their urban forest canopy from the tornado. The Springfield Arbor Allies President Michael Tully Senior Parks Project Manager with the help of Ed Casey Head City Forester,Alex Sherman Assistant City Forester and Dave Bloniarz USDA Forest Service organized the planting with the trees that were donated by NASCAR. The generous donation of $10,000.00 from NASCAR allowed the city to purchuse 40 ten gallon trees from Sixteen Acres Garden Center which provided the trees at a discount. The list of trees that were planted are Crateagus laevigata 'Crimson Cloud', Nyssa sylvatica, Malus X 'Centurion', Carpinus caroliniana, Ostrya virginiana. These trees were carefully selected to take into account urban constraints and uses as well as climatic conditions which we'll be facing in the future. Many neighbors came out to thank us for all of the hard work and effort to see some trees being planted in the tornado impacted regions. A great BIG THANKS again to NASCAR and Sixteen Acres Garden Center for making this possible!

Please join us Saturday Oct. 29th at 8:30am in the Forest Park Conference Room next to the Administration Building in the park for the next tree planting. Please arrive promptly because we depart from here shortly after our demonstration planting to the neighborhoods to plant.

Sincerely,

Michael Tully

President of the Springfield Arbor Allies

OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS PART 2

2010-12-27T12:19:00.000-08:00

COURT SQUARE

OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS PART 2

2010-12-27T06:48:00.000-08:00

DEBERRY PARK

NAISMITH MEMORIAL

PYNCHON PLAZA

LEONARDO DA VINCI

HARRIET TUBMAN PARK

2010-12-20T13:38:00.001-08:00

OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS PART 2

2010-12-20T12:01:00.000-08:00

BARROWS PARK

GREENLEAF PARK

OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS PART 2

2010-12-14T10:39:00.000-08:00

MYRTLE STREET PARK

EMERSON WIGHT PARK

NATHAN BILL PARK

TREETOP PARK

MARSHALL ROY PARK

OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS PART 2

2010-12-13T10:07:00.000-08:00

EMILY BILL PARK

Brightwood and Six Corners Neighborhood Planting

2010-11-24T09:11:00.000-08:00

ARBOR ALLIES PLANT 8 NEW TREES IN BRIGHTWOOD AND SIX CORNERS NEIGHBORHOODS

The Arbor Allies teamed up with Boy Scout Troops 303 (Sixteen Acres), Ground works Springfield and New North Citizens to plant 8 trees in the city last Saturday. The effort was initiated and organizeed by the Arbor Allies but was lead by Ryan Kuehl of Boy Scout Troop 303 who was going for his Eagle Scout badge. The Arbor Allies guided him on the proper planting techniques and from there he had everybody working hard planting the trees properly. We planted the first 4 trees Quercus palustris- Pin Oaks in front of Kenefick Park along Plainfield St. where it completed the front area of the park with a nice tree lined street. All the volunteers were very eager workers and had this neighborhood complete before 10:30 am. Then it was time to move on to the Six Corner Neighborhood at Cherry St. Cemetery where beautification efforts have been lead by Keep Springfield Beautiful with help from the Arbor Allies to highlight one of the cities oldest and most historic cemeteries. The Arbor Allies and volunteers planted 4 Cornus kousas- Dogwood Trees last Saturday along the perimeter of the cemetery. In this cemetery lays a Revolutionary War Veteran, Civil War Veterans and World War I Veterans. The Arbor Allies have been honored to help volunteer their public service work for service veterans who gave everything. Keep Springfield Beautiful and Arbor Allies believe it is imperative to highlight this cemetery with ornamental trees to bring some attention to some of Springfield’s bravest heroes.

OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS

2010-10-19T13:13:00.001-07:00

KENEFICK PARK

Splash Pad at Kenefick Park

Open Field and Baseball Field

Paved Walking Path

Our Beautiful Parks

2010-10-19T12:22:00.001-07:00

FOREST PARK

The Old Carriage House part of the Barney Estate that now houses banquets and weddings.

One of many of Forest Parks paved walking trails.

Splash Pad on left, Pool on right and Ice Skating Rink in the background.

Gunn Square Park Planting

2010-10-06T12:49:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

The Springfield Arbor Allies planted 3 new Quercus palustris-Pin Oaks in Gunn Square Park. This was part of the Springfield College Humanics Day where volunteers from the college do service work throughout the City of Springfield. Thank you to all of you who came out to volunteer on this wet and rainy day. The air, water and beauty is a little better because of your efforts in the Upper Hill Neighborhood of Springfield. A special thanks to Michael Jones who really took the lead on getting the trees in this park. We plan on planting 3 Liriodendron tulipifera- Tulip Trees in the spring at Gunn Square Park to compliment the 3 Pin Oaks. Please come out to volunteer when you get the chance.

Sincerely,

Michael Tully

Heritage Trees in McKnight and Old Hill Neighborhoods of Springfield

2010-08-26T06:25:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,

I thought I would upload some photos of Springfield's Hertiage Trees in the McKnight and Old Hill Neighborhoods. Please check out http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107487314731824598866.00048bd525692e15d3ce9&num=200&start=362&sll=42.111722,-72.566036&sspn=0.029055,0.031588&ll=42.105681,-72.562637&spn=0.003837,0.009624&z=17 to see Springfield's Tree Mapping Resource Guide in collaboration with graduate students from UMASS Amherst.

Sincerely,

Michael Tully

ARBOR ALLIES PLANT 49 NEW TREES FOR THE CITY

2010-05-28T07:18:00.000-07:00

The Springfield Arbor Allies planted 49 new trees for the cityscape over the past 3 weekends. The Arbor Allies in collaboration with Keep Springfield Beautiful and Peter Pan Bus Lines increased the environmental quality of life in Springfield with 3 separate planting projects this year. The first community planting project this year was at Gerrish Park and Cherry Lane Cemetery in the Six Corners/Maple Heights on Saturday May 1st. Volunteers from Springfield College Americorps, Phoenix House, Youzie Organization and Community Members all totaling 40 volunteers came and lent their support. They planted 6 Redbud Trees, 4 Sycamores and 2 Elms ‘Princeton Variety’ all along the grounds of Gerrish Park at the Six Corners intersection. Then they made their way over to Cherry Lane Cemetery to plant 5 Cherry Trees and 2 Elm ‘Princeton Variety’ along the grounds of the cemetery for a total of 19 trees. On Tuesday May 11th, twelve students from Sabis Charter School planted 4 trees across from Peter Pan Bus Terminal. They planted 2 Saucer Magnolias at Transportation Park and 2 Green spire Lindens in the median across from the terminal. The final planting project this spring was in Indian Orchard where we planted 26 trees up and down Main St. The volunteers from the Phoenix House all arrived thanks to Peter Pan Bus Lines for providing their Double Decker bus to get the Phoenix residents to and from the planting. The volunteers also came from Indian Orchard Boy Scout Troops, Sabis Charter School, Central High School and Community Residents. The volunteer total was over 50 and Laura Walsh a new Park employee helped manage all of them to plant the 10 Pin Oaks, 3 Elms ‘Colonial Spirit’, 6 Zelkova, 4 Pears ‘Cleveland Select’, 3 Lindens along Main St. in Indian Orchard. Many people who passed by commented on how lovely the trees look and what a great thing we are doing for the city. The reason the Arbor Allies volunteer their time is because they know the true meaning of the trees not only makes sense economically but also from a community aesthetic point of view.

SPRING TREE PLANTINGS!

2010-04-23T16:08:00.000-07:00

In Collaboration with Keep Springfield Beautiful:

Saturday May 1^st Gerrish Park 9am-12:30pm Planting 12 trees (Meet at Six Corners Intersection Walnut St. Hancock St, Ashley St.)

Saturday May 8^th Peter Pan Bus Station 9am-12:30pm Planting 3 trees (In front of Peter Pan Bus Terminal)

Just an Arbor Allies Planting:

Saturday May 15^th Main St. Indian Orchard 9am-12:30pm Planting 24 trees. (Meet at Mrytle St. Park on Main St.)

Just need to bring appropriate clothing to plant trees and a bottle of water.

Sincerely,

Michael Tully

WMECO Grant!!!!!

2009-11-18T18:46:00.001-08:00

Congratulations to Arbor Allies on being awarded a WMECO grant!!! Hooray!

TREE PLANTING NOVEMBER 21st.

2009-11-14T15:42:00.000-08:00

Springfield Arbor Allies

Planting Saturday Nov. 21^st 9am-noon

Location: 256 Bay St. 9am-noon
Springfield, MA McKnight Neighborhood

What to bring: Suitable clothes and boots because you may get a little dirty.

Purpose: To enhance Springfield’s urban forest. We will be planting 22 trees in the McKnight Neighborhood.
Why: It is people like you who make the difference in ensuring the environmental quality of Springfield.
Please try to make it-- there is nothing like volunteering to plant trees where you can see your contribution grow each year!

Asian Long-Horned Beetle Survey This Monday 11/09/09: Participate!

2009-11-06T15:05:00.000-08:00

Find Out more By Clicking This Link!

Monday, November 9th, 12pm-1:30pm
• Meet at Mom and Rico’s
899 Main St., Springfield, MA
• Wear comfortable shoes and bring water
• Call 617-626-1735 to register
• More ALB info at http://massnrc.org/pests/alb

Today's Planting was on Historic Mulberry Street In Springfield

2009-10-17T15:27:00.000-07:00

Dr. Seuss saw it all on Mulberry Street. He would have loved to see the sights today. Nine Linden Trees have been planted.
There were many wonderful participants but a special thanks goes out to the Mulberry and School Street residents who welcome these beautiful Linden trees for many years to come!
Oh, and a most heart-felt thanks to the true volunteers: Sabis Students! (you know who you are!) and,

from the Commonwealth Core, Shanell Rhodes. A big shout out THANKS!

To see more pics and the trees themselves, a photo album will be created on this site. You made it a beautiful day folks!
(Also, thank you to Melvin Edwards at http://www.keepspringfieldbeautiful.org.)

TREE PLANTING SATURDAY OCTOBER 17th

2009-10-13T15:09:00.000-07:00

Breaking News!
A tree planting will take place this coming Saturday, October 17th, 2009 at 9 a.m. at the corner of Mulberry Street and School Street. .

May 2009 Arbor Allies Planting

2009-10-04T11:13:00.001-07:00