(Niagara At Large is pleased to post the following media release from Buffalo, New York’s Olmsted Parks Conservancy, a not-for-profit group of residents dedicated to preserving and enhancing the beauty of Delaware Park, Martin Luther King Jr. Park and other great green spaces in the city.)
It’s Tree Planting Time in the Olmsted Parks
Volunteers are needed to plant 600 trees this spring throughout Buffalo’s historic Olmsted Park System.
Volunteers planting trees in Buffalo's Olmsted Parks. Photo courtesy of Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
As part of the Olmsted Parks Conservancy’s master plan, The Plan for the 21st Century, the Conservancy and volunteers will plant understory, flowering and canopy trees in April and May. Over the next decade, 10,000 new trees will be planted in Olmsted green spaces.
Tree-Care Training Workshop – free, open to all. Learn “who, what, where, when, how & why” to tree planting Saturday, April 17th 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Parkside Lodge (84 Parkside Ave.,) in Delaware Park Call 838-1249 ext. 15
Olmsted Community Volunteer Tree Plantings Saturday, April 24th 9:00 a.m. – noon Delaware Park, Riverside Park and Front Park Call 838-1249 ext. 33 to register
Olmsted Community Volunteer Tree Plantings Saturday, May 1st 9:00 a.m. – noon Cazenovia Park and Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Call 838-1249 ext. 33 to register **
Volunteers will be managed and supervised by Olmsted staff. Volunteers should come dressed for the weather (work boots & gloves). Volunteers should be in good physical condition. Volunteers will not use any power tools and should not bring any type of power tools. This volunteer activity may be physically demanding.
All volunteers must be at least 15 years of age and sign a waiver before they can assist with the plantings. To register, call (716) 838-1249 ext. 33 or visit www.bfloparks.org.
Tree Plantings are sponsored by Olmsted ReLeaf, an Urban and Forestry Program Grant from the DEC and Entercom Radio.
The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy is a 32-year-old, not-for-profit, independent, community organization that promotes, preserves, restores, enhances, and ensures maintenance of Frederick Law Olmsted-designed parks and parkways in the Greater Buffalo area now and for future generations.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Olmsted system in Buffalo is the first of its kind in the nation designed by America’s greatest landscape architect.
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