Seven New Trees

Compliments of Saltbox Financials, two October Glory Maples planted at Low and Pond Streets

     At the May Tree Commission meeting it was reported that forty-seven street trees have been removed to date in 2017 while at least another forty-five are nearing the end of their life span.  Meanwhile, volunteers for Friends of Newburyport Trees and the Tree Commission are working hard to reduce the deficit in our canopy with new plantings. Pictured here are the most recent additions.

Joe Lamb, Jim McCarthy, Cris Miller and Andrew Shapiro planting one of the new maples on Pond St.

Cris Miller, Tree Commission chair and Jim McCarthy, Planning Board chair: dedicated to the beautification of Newburyport

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This Copper Beech tree was donated by the Kudym family in memory of Don Kudym, Sr. Pictured from left to right are Noah, Ken, Dylan, Kim and Don Kudym Jr.

Two gator bags have been zipped together around the base of the tree. The memorial tree donation covers the cost of watering for two years. The bags are filled weekly and drip slowly into the soil through small holes underneath.

Don Kudym, Jr. admiring a mature Copper Beech tree above the Bartlet Mall Pond across from CVS Pharmacy.  It will take at least two hundred years for the Kudym's memorial tree to reach this size!

With a donation from the Horticultural Society, four more cherry trees joined the Eigerman's donated cherry tree from 2016. When these trees gain some height, their blossoms will be reflected in the pond. They've also been added to the watering cue, each one already sporting a gator bag.