The Energy Saving Trees www.arborday.org/FloridaTrees Site is up!

 

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Tree Give-Away Program Starts Today

Properly planted trees save energy, improve electric reliability

 

Grow energy savings and reliability through strategic tree planting. Learn how and get a free tree with the Florida Forest Service’s Energy-Saving Trees program. We’re giving away 10,000 trees to Florida residents in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. The program, now in its fourth year, officially kicks off on January 15^th, Florida’s Arbor Day.

The goal of the program is to educate homeowners on proper tree planting practices. By planting the right species in the right location, a tree won’t grow into power lines which can disrupt electric service. Strategic planting also has the benefit of reducing energy costs by as much as 30 percent, and providing shade during the summer.

Beginning today, homeowners can find the best planting locations on their property by using an online tool at www.arborday.org/floridatrees to reserve a tree. Enter your address to pull up an aerial view of your home and property. Select one of tree varieties available. Then, move the tree around the property to determine how the placement of that tree would impact your energy efficiency. The program calculates anticipated savings as the tree matures. It also reminds homeowners of the importance of planting the tree the proper distance from overhead power lines to avoid interference.

 

These trees are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The program will continue state-wide until all 10,000 trees are reserved.

 

Remember, this tool is not a replacement for the Digger’s Hotline. Homeowners still must contact the hotline to locate underground utilities located before planting. They can do so by visiting Sunshine811 or by dialing 811.

 

State of Florida homeowners will be able to reserve one tree per address until supplies run out. After an order is placed, a tree measuring between two-feet and four-feet tall will be shipped right to their door at no charge.

 

The “Energy-Saving Trees” online tool was created by the Arbor Day Foundation and the Davey Institute, a division of Davey Tree Expert Co. It uses peer-reviewed scientific research from the USDA Forest Service’s i-Tree software to calculate estimated benefits from energy savings to environmental impacts.

 

About the Arbor Day Foundation:

The Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit conservation and education organization of one million members, with the mission to inspire people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees. More information on the Foundation and its programs can be found at arborday.org, or by visiting us on Facebook, Twitter or our blog.

 

Florida Forest Service

 

 

 

 

Sunday, November 22nd - Fort Lauderdale Residential Tree Giveaway

 

As part of Open Streets | Fort Lauderdale, there will be a Tree Giveaway for Fort Lauderdale Residents on SE 2^nd Avenue just north of East Las Olas Boulevard on Sunday, November 22^nd from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.  All City of Fort Lauderdale residents are eligible for two free trees per household.  At least 11 species of trees will be available, including fruit trees.  Tree species include: Bulnesia, Gumbo Limbo, Pigeon Plum, Silver Buttonwood, White Geiger, Live Oak, Jamaican Caper, Lychee, Edible Fig, Avocado and Dwarf Mango.  The trees are 3-gallon nursery stock and are from two to four feet tall.  The streets will be closed to vehicles and the nearest parking to the tree giveaway will be at the City Park Garage at 150 SE 2^nd Street.  There is a $5 flat rate parking fee due to the event. 

 

Bike away with your tree! 

 

Plan to stay and Discover! Engage! Play! Celebrate! all on one of Fort Lauderdale’s most popular thoroughfares, but without cars. Open Streets Fort Lauderdale and Winterfest Family Fun Day will transform East Las Olas Boulevard into a fun, activity filled "playground" for recreational activities, such as walking, skating, bicycling, dancing, rollerblading, and more.  Check out everything that is going on at www.fortlauderdale.gov/openstreets . 

 

 

 

 

City News: Open Streets Fort Lauderdale & Winterfest Family Fun Day Nov. 22

And I will be doing a tree giveaway there!  -- Gene

Get ready to experience E. Las Olas Boulevard in a whole new way...on bike, on foot, with a stroller, on a skateboard, on rollerblades, or any other way besides in a car at Open Streets Fort Lauderdale and Winterfest Family Fun Day on Sunday, November 22nd from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We're transforming Las Olas Boulevard into a recreational "playground" between S. Andrews Avenue and S.E. 15th Avenue with activities for everyone to Discover! Engage! Play! Celebrate!   Open Streets Dance Flash Mob You can really "Shake it Off" at Open Streets this year by dancing in the first-ever Open Streets flash mob. Click here to get the dance steps.    Connect with Us Join the Open Streets Facebook event page for updates, pop quizzes, trivia, and just fun facts about Open Streets. While you're there "share" and let us know you'll be there!   More Info Click here or call (954) 828-4751   Planning Partners Special thanks goes out to the following Open Streets partners whose support helps make this event possible: Winterfest Family Fun Day, Riverwalk Trust, The Las Olas Company, Las Olas Sunday Market and Craft Fair, Broward B-cycle, Las Olas Village Association,TOUCH, Broward Regional Health Planning Council, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Walk Safe and Bike Safe, Broward MPO, Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority, Florida Department of Transportation, South Florida Commuter Services, FLIPANY, Riverside Hotel, YMCA, Upper Room Art Gallery, Florida Panthers, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Recyclable Bicycle Exchange, and Sun Trolley.   City of Fort Lauderdale 100 N. Andrews Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 www.fortlauderdale.gov

 

Cycling Tour concludes with Trick or Treat with the Trees at Esplanade Park October 31

Bring the family!  Lots of free stuff and fun - candy and books for the kids, trees for Fort Lauderdale residents, and cheer cyclists completing over 560 miles through Florida!  --Gene


 

Naperville, IL,– Florida’s trees will be in the spotlight this fall when the STIHL Tour des Trees to benefit the TREE Fund rolls out of Orlando October 25. 85 cyclists will ride 560 miles in a week to raise money for tree research and education and raise awareness of the value that mature, healthy trees bring to Florida’s communities. Since 1992 the Tour des Trees has raised more than $6.6 million to fund research and education grants and scholarships administered by the TREE Fund.

 

The city of Fort Lauderdale and the TREE Fund will host a Trick or Treat with the Trees event October 31 as part of the city’s Halloween celebration at Esplanade Park from 1-5 p.m.  Headlining the event is Professor Elwood Pricklethorn, who is traveling through Florida with the STIHL Tour des Trees October 25-31. The Professor (aka arborist Warren Hoselton of Toronto, Ontario) will present a kid-friendly short course in tree science at 1:30 p.m. at the park, (400 SW 2^nd St., Fort Lauderdale).

 

The Professor’s 45-minute interactive program focuses on how trees grow, where and how to plant a tree so it will live a long life, and what kids can do to care for the trees in their world. At the end of the program the children, their families and the cyclists of the STIHL Tour des Trees will dedicate a new tree planted at the park as a legacy of the Tour’s visit to Fort Lauderdale.

 

Fort Lauderdale will give away 120 “Florida-friendly” trees during the event, and the TREE Fund is offering a prize for the best tree-related costume for kids under 18 and adults. In addition, each child will receive a book about trees, courtesy of Bartlett Tree Experts, a STIHL Tour des Trees water bottle from the TREE Fund and a “Trees are Good” temporary tattoo from the International Society of Arboriculture. Fort Lauderdale’s Public Library also will receive a set of books for inclusion in its children’s collection.

 

Families are encouraged to come to the park to learn more about Florida’s unique urban forest and the people who care for it, and to take home a tree of their own. Representatives from The Davey Tree Expert Company, STIHL, the Florida Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture and Asplundh Tree Expert Co. will join the TREE Fund in offering treats for youngsters in costume at the event.

 

About TREE Fund

The TREE Fund is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge in urban forestry and arboriculture (the science of caring for trees in a landscape). The TREE Fund manages a portfolio of scholarships and education grants to engage and support the next generation of tree stewards, and research grants to improve the science, safety and practice of arboriculture.

With support from individual and corporate donors and major sponsors STIHL Inc., Bartlett Tree Experts , the Davey Tree Expert Company, Arborjet, Asplundh, International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), KASK, Tree Care Industry Association and Florida Chapter of ISA, TREE Fund research has contributed to:

• Improved utility vegetation management practices 
• Understanding of air pollution reduction and carbon sequestration by trees
• Quantification of the benefits of urban trees
• Improved transplant survival rates in difficult sites
• More effective disease and pest management strategies for urban trees

 

TREE Fund w 552 S. Washington St., Ste. 109 w Naperville, IL 60540 w www.treefund.org

 

 

 

 

 

City of Fort Lauderdale Residential Tree Giveaway 9/12/15

The address for Osswald Park is actually 2220 NW 21st Avenue, not Street. 
 

 

 

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Residential Tree Giveaway on June 13!!

Residential Tree Giveaway on June 13!!         City of Fort Lauderdale 100 N. Andrews Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 www.fortlauderdale.gov

 

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National Arbor Day is April 24, 2015

 

 

National Arbor Day is April 24, 2015. So let’s get together and celebrate the importance of trees!

 

When J. Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day back in 1872, his idea was simple—set aside a special day for tree planting. And today, that idea is more important than ever.

 

Here’s something I didn’t know -

 

First Arbor Day in the world

The small Spanish village of Villanueva de la Sierra is the town where was held the first Arbor Day around the world, an initiative launched in 1805 by the local priest with the enthusiastic support of the entire population.^[1]

While Napoleon was ravaging Europe with his ambition in this village in the Sierra de Gata lived a priest, don Ramón Vacas Roxo, which, according to the chronicles, "convinced of the importance of trees for health, hygiene, decoration, nature, environment and customs, decides to plant trees and give a festive air. The festival began on Carnival Tuesday with the ringing of two bells of the church, and the Middle and the Big. After the Mass, and even coated with church ornaments, don Ramón, accompanied by clergies, teachers and a large number of neighbours, planted the first tree, a poplar, in the place known as Valley of the Ejido. Tree plantations continued by Arroyada and Fuente de la Mora. Afterwards, there was a feast, and did not miss the dance. The party and plantations lasted three days. He drafted a manifesto in defence of the trees that was sent to surrounding towns to spread the love and respect for nature, and also he advised to make tree plantations in their localities.

—Miguel Herrero Uceda, Arbor Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_Day

 

Fort Lauderdale will be celebrating Arbor Day and a Tree Planting at Hardy Park (25 SW 9^th ST) with a tree planting ceremony and a tree giveaway.  The ceremony starts at 9 a.m. and the giveaway at 10. 

 

Happy Arbor Day!

 

Past Articles on Arbor Day:

http://fortlauderdaleforester.blogspot.com/2014/04/national-arbor-day.html 

http://fortlauderdaleforester.blogspot.com/2013/04/friday-funny-arbor-day-edition.html

http://fortlauderdaleforester.blogspot.com/2013/04/happy-arbor-day.html

 

 

 

 

 

This Saturday for Fort Lauderdale Residents!

                      

                             

 

 

                The Fort Lauderdale Garden Club, Inc.

                                                  &

                         The City of Fort Lauderdale

                              Invite you to join us for

 

        Arbor Day 2015

                                 Saturday April 25^th

                                              

                                                 Where:  Florence C. Hardy Park

                                                                 25 SW 9^th ST.

                                                              Fort Lauderdale

 

                                    9-9:45    Arbor Day Ceremony in Pavilion

                                              Gene Dempsey, City Forester

                                    Public Works Sustainability Division

 

                             Rose Bechard-Butman, ISA Certified Arborist

                    Fort Lauderdale Garden Club, Moringa Garden Circle

 

 

                     10: 0o AM -2 PM   Tree Give Away in Parking Lot

 

             M.E. DePalma will make an appearance as butterfly woman

    Earth Advisors and FPL will have ‘booths’ giving out information

                                              on Right Tree, Right Place.

 

 

                                  

 

Gene Dempsey, City Forester

Public Works Sustainability Division

Office - (954) 828-5785  Fax - (954) 828-4745

GDempsey@fortlauderdale.gov

 

 

 

Fort Lauderdale Residents -- Tree Giveaway this Saturday at Hardy Park

I would like to invite all Fort Lauderdale Residents out for our annual Arbor Day Ceremony at 9 a.m. at Hardy Park – 25 SW 9^th Street and then the Quarterly Residential Tree Giveaway starts right after.  -- Gene