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Flower award participation falls; board discusses outreach, school seedling giveaways and wildflower pilot sites
Summary
At the June 4 Tree Board meeting, staff reported 1,562 seedlings given to schools this year — a drop from prior years — and board members proposed outreach changes for the Wellington Flower Awards, adjustments to scoring, and pilot wildflower plantings at several municipal retention/rights-of-way sites.
The Wellington Tree Board spent a large portion of its June 4 meeting discussing outreach and public programs: seedling giveaways to schools, the village’s Arbor Day/Earth Day event timing, the Wellington Flower Awards, and possible wildflower pilot plantings on public rights of way and retention areas.
Will (village staff member) reported that the village delivered 1,562 tree seedlings to schools this year and that participation has fallen from earlier years. “We only gave away 1,562 seedlings to the schools this year,” he said, and noted that previously larger deliveries went to certain schools (Binks Forest and Banks were mentioned as large recipients in past years) but that contact changes and teacher retirements reduced current-year participation. Staff said they will re-establish school contacts and consider distributing to other community groups such as the Boys and Girls Club and local homeschool organizations.
Board members reviewed the Arbor Day/Earth Day event held in April…
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