Spring tree plantings done — time to think about fall
This past Saturday we finished our Newton Tree Conservancy spring Community Tree Plantings, with a total of 69 trees planted by homeowners and volunteers in four groups: Canterbury Road area, Evelyn Road, lower Chestnut Street area, and Woodcliff -Oakdale-Parker Ave....
Gas Leaks, Redux
We’ve spoken about gas leaks a few times here on the blog, but clearly the problem is not yet solved. New laws were passed last year to try to accelerate detection and repairs. The regular Newton Tree Conservancy spring planting will be coming up on April 25,...
Now it’s finally Spring, time to think about Fall trees
It’s only a week and a half since we finished the Newton Tree Conservancy spring plantings, and we’re already looking ahead to fall. We have the date, Saturday, November 15, and thanks to a generous matching grant this past winter we have the funds to...
Tree Preservation Ordinance back at Programs & Services
Closing the loopholes in the Tree Preservation Ordinance is again on the agenda this Wednesday, April 9, at Programs & Services, 7:45 pm in Room 222. Since the last discussion there and on Village14, further discussions with aldermen found a reluctance to infringe...
That last tree is gone; the gas leaks are still there
Ted asked on the recent tree thread whether National Grid had resolved the gas leaks. I spent yesterday morning with our gas leak-checker Bob Ackley, testing the spots where we want to plant Newton Tree Conservancy trees later this month, so I have a little more...
First look at the 15-year tree planting plan
If you made it to yesterday’s meetup at the Hyde Center, you would have had a chance to meet Director of Urban Forestry Marc Welch and have a look at where your neighborhood is compared to other in degree of street tree loss, and how soon you might be getting...
How will climate change (if you believe in it) affect our trees?
At the risk of arousing climate-change skeptics, I’d like to invite both believers and skeptics to a talk Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Newton Free Library at 7pm, by BU associate professor Dr. Pamela Templer, who will speak about the effect of regional and local climate...
Grass sidewalks: another public way that’s looking a little less public
I second Colleen’s comment about grass sidewalks on the other thread! I don’t see why they should be exempted from the snow-shovelling ordinance. I’ve been looking for time to write about this newly-sodded sidewalk on Murray Road near me. Perhaps not...
Tree preservation on the agenda at Programs & Services tonight
If you’re disturbed by some of the recent cases of clear-cutting of trees by developers, such as at 34 Wilde Road, Waban, pictured above and below, tonight’s Programs & Services meeting (8pm, Rm 222) should be of interest. P&S will be reviewing...
Happier times for city trees
A week ahead of the first snowflakes of the season apparently, the Newton Tree Conservancy planted 32 trees last Saturday with homeowners, volunteers, and Marc Welch and the Urban Forestry tree crew, spread among three locations: Albemarle Road in Newtonville along...
Looks like another trash day tree casualty; watch where you put your bins
This is so depressing. Webster Street, which could use more trees anyway, just lost a healthy one this morning around the corner from where I live. It could have been uprooted by any truck I suppose, but this looks like another case of uprooting by garbage/recycling...
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