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Make plans to attend our 14th Annual Tree Festival, April 28!
Create your own paradise for your home with trees!
Our annual tree "bash" will be Saturday, April 28. Hundreds of three-gallon native trees for sale at GREAT prices from $12-$15 each. Those who attend a FREE tree workshop that day can purchase their trees with a $2 per tree discount! (Three workshop times will be offered: 10:30/11:30/12:30). Tree varieties to choose from: Sweetgum, Elm, Bald Cypress, Southern Red Cedar, Southern Magnolia,Slash Pine. The first 100 to purchase trees receive a FREE Tree Festival reusable bag! Plant sales, vendors, demonstrations, food. Face painting by the Cranberry Environmental Club for children. Thanks to our wonderful sponsors: Allamanda Garden Club, Beautiful Ponds, Goin'Postal, Treemendous Tree Service, Patriot Storage, North Port Sun, D&B Nursery, Port Charlotte Ichiban Bonsai Kai, Coastal Wildlife, Inc., Clean Toilets.
Time: 10-2. NEW Location: Corner of Sumter Blvd. and 41!
Vendors Contact Alice White at 426-9752 or treelady12001@yahoo.com
We celebrated Florida Arbor Day!
Jonathan Albino, a North Port High School Interact Club member, had a good technique for breaking through the tough ground!
On Saturday, January 21, we planted six Florida elm trees at Kirk Park in North Port in honor of Florida's Arbor Day which is the third Friday in January. After breaking through some pretty hard ground, the rest was a piece of cake! Prior to the tree planting, we had our monthly Eco-Kids program which featured...tree-mendous tree activities and games! Every Eco-Kid got to take home a one-gallon sweetgum tree!
The second annual Tour de North Port was GREAT!
Cyclists who stopped at Little Salt Spring were treated to a tour of the site!
Our now annual fundraiser bicycle ride, the Tour de North Port, was a HUGE success! On October 23, over 200 riders took to the streets and sidewalks of North Port, with 32 signing on that morning! We served them breakfast, lunch, provided four fully-stocked rest stops and SAG support from Louie's Bicycle. It's amazing what we accomplished with a small budget and an even smaller group of volunteers. But it was the RIGHT group! Thanks to those who baked delicious goodies for desserts, manned a rest stop, prepared bagels and PB&J sandwiches, put up and took down signs, served as route monitors, and secured a sponsor or two. Members of the PfT BOD especially went that extra mile; Bonita Goldman, Valerie Ollinger, Linda Massey, Matt West, and youth member Cody Huntley. Proceeds will benefit our effort to create our very own "Tree University Eco-Center". Mark your calendars for next year's tour, Sunday,October 21!
Another great beautification project
All decked out for the 4th of July!
We recently received a grant from the Heron Creek Foundation, part of which was to purchase signs and create four areas along N. Salford Blvd. noting our street tree project that was planted in the summers of 2008 and 2009. Check out the photo!
One of our gardens that earned us a Keep Sarasota County Beautiful Award!
A beautiful addition to Lamarque Elementary School thanks to the efforts of many!
The Butterfly Garden/Native Tree Walk we installed at Lamarque Elementary School last year is looking great! We were just there again with a few Daisy Brownies who wanted to do something nice for their community!
People for Trees is recognized by Keep Sarasota County Beautiful!
Alice White accepted the award on behalf of People for Trees, and Valerie Ollinger received the "Volunteer of the Year" award!
We received an award at the Keep Sarasota County Beautiful Volunteer Recognition Awards Program on May 25 in the "Land,Sea, and Air Preservation" category for our efforts in planting hundreds of trees and a number of Florida-friendly gardens throughout North Port. A big thank you to Julie Belia from the City of North Port for nominating us!
People for Trees goes everywhere!
Students who visited the People for Trees booth made tree fact bookmarks.
We recently participated in the day-long Earth Day Celebration held at Vineland Elementary School in Englewood. Classes who visited our table learned about the many benefits of trees, especially since they were able to enjoy the shade of a beautiful tree where they were standing!
People for Trees, out and about in the community!
Oak tree we helped with for the "Girls on the Run" program at Vineland Elementary.
We recently helped to plant a tree at Vineland Elementary School in Englewood for their "Girls on the Run" 12-week program that recently concluded. And less than five days after planting the tree, it was already a home for a bird's nest!
Our 13th Annual Tree Festival was "treemendous"!
Hundreds of trees were sold during our annual tree festival!
This year's Tree Festival was fantastic! We sold hundreds of trees and people were very interested in learning about our native trees during our workshop sessions. Great food was provided by the Knight Owls Kiwanis, special sounds of the "Crystal Singing Bowls" by David Jiminez, and many wonderful vendors. A special thanks to our sponsors: D&B Nursery, Charlotte Bonsai Club, Coastal Wildlife Club, Democratic Club, Pep Johnson, Treemendous Trees,T's Plus, City of North Port, North Port Utilities. Additional support provided by: North Port Home Depot, Walmart, Allamanda Garden Club, ECKANKAR, Greater Charlotte Harbor Sierra Club, Anatoli Kossintsev, D&B Nursery. Trees are still available for sale at 3597 Froude St. for $12 each, or $10 with workshop coupon. Call for an appointment: 426-9752.
Street tree project a GREEN success!
Native elm trees doing very well along N. Salford Blvd., two years after planting!
In the summer of 2008, People for Trees partnered with the City of North Port to plant 120 native elms and sweetgums along N. Salford Blvd. The agreement included having People for Trees responsible for the watering and maintenance of the trees for two years. We are happy to report that to date we have had a 100% survival rate of these trees! All are thriving and providing shade and a sense of community for those fortunate enough to live along this stretch of road.
"I am blessed everyday as I drive down Salford enjoying the trees." Ann Ulmer, teacher at Lamarque Elementary School. In the summer of 2009, another 185 native elms, oaks, sweetgums, and magnolias where added for a total of 305 street trees that are now lining N. Salford Blvd. from Price Blvd. to Sardinia. Go for a drive and check them out!
