PLANT 150
PLANT150 is our effort to plant 150 trees in Ashland to honor our 150th Anniversary! You may donate your tree and request that it be planted in a public area in Ashland. Donors may request assistance to plant their tree. DOWNLOAD TREE ORDER FORM HERE
TREES – trees are 3'-4' potted saplings and may be ordered for $15 each. The following trees will be available: Red Bud, Northern Red Oak, Red Maple, American Holly and River Birch.
Make checks payable to: “Ashland Foundation” and mail to Ashland PLANT150, PO Box 1600, Ashland, VA 23005.
Orders are due by September 1, 2008. Trees will be delivered to Ashland Town Hall (Duncan Street, Ashland) for pick up between 8:00-11:00am on October 11, 2008.
The Ashland 150 Committee would like to thank
Colesville Nursery for their
generous help with this project.
GREAT TREES OF ASHLAND
PLANT 150 is also sponsoring the
GREAT TREES OF
ASHLAND to honor the trees that make the Center of the
Universe such a special place. Recognize the trees that have already made a
difference in your life and hometown. No doubt there are many very
interesting stories and personal arboreal anecdotes among Ashlanders of all
ages!
Take some time to think of a tree (still living or not) that has been important to you, your life or your relationships here. Tell us why a particular tree means what it does to you – your tale can be trivial or extraordinary, funny or sad, frustrated or affectionate - any topic that reveals a connection to Ashland’s trees!
Share your fondest memory involving a tree, showcase a unique tree in Ashland, show us your tree house, and share your favorite pictures!
PLANT150 will compile all stories and display them in the Exhibition Hall at the Grand Celebration on October 18, 2008.
HOW DO I SUBMIT MY TREE STORY?
CLICK the button to the left to go to the Tree Huggers Spot.
Don’t forget to upload photos of the fabled tree! You may email your photos to lizmark2000@comcast.net.
You may also mail your submission to PLANT150 - Great Trees of Ashland PO Box 1600 Ashland, VA 23005.
CLICK HERE for recent submissions.
cool links
The Tree City USA® program provides direction, assistance, attention, and national recognition for urban and community forestry programs in thousands of towns and cities that more than 120 million Americans call home.
Ashland, VA, has been designated a Tree City USA town.
Virginia Tech forestry professor and extension specialist Jeffrey Kirwan and Ashland's own Nancy Hugo started the Remarkable Trees project as an offshoot of the 2006 National Register of Big Trees, prepared by American Forests. That list, published continuously since 1940, documents the biggest of 822 species of trees. Kirwan has been maintaining Virginia's official tree register (Virginia Big Tree Program), which has provided 43 national champion trees and puts Virginia fifth in the nation for having the most big trees by species.
The Virginia Forestry Association and the state's Urban Forestry Council, Trees Virginia, provide support for Kirwan to keep the big tree register.The effort will culminate with a keepsake book highlighting Virginia's top 100 trees. The 176-page book, to be published in 2008, will include full-color photographs taken by internationally-known photographer Robert Llewellyn from Albemarle, Va. Everyone who nominates a tree to the Remarkable Trees of Virginia Project will have his or her name listed on the project website and in the culminating book.
PLANT 150 news
Plant a tree to celebrate Ashland's 150th birthday
March 20, 2008 (Bill Doran, Herald-Progress)
The Ashland Sesquicentennial
year is more than a series of celebratory parties. It also involves
beautifying the Town. One such project is the Plant 150 project. The goal of
the project is to sell and plant 150 trees in Ashland...