Conor Laffey and Todd Beals staff the Regreen Springfield table.
Regreen Springfield participated in the 44th Annual Earth Day Celebration, held on Sunday, April 13th at the Springfield Science Museum. The event featured many area organizations, agencies and businesses who work on projects related to the protection and enhancement of the region’s environment. Regreen Springfield Board member Todd Beals, and University of Massachusetts Urban Forestry student Conor Laffey staffed the informational exhibit, which featured tree care publications, as well as a raffle of a Peach Tree.
Other exhibitors at the Festival included the following:
- Free tree seedlings from Springfield Forestry Division
- Great American Cleanup Display by Keep Springfield Beautiful
- Casting Clinic by the Massachusetts Wildlife Angler Education Program
- Wastewater Treatment Model by United Water Environmental Services
- Recycling Display by Springfield DPW
- Paper Making activity by the Environmental Center for Our Schools (ECOS)
- Renewable Resource Display by Center for EcoTechnology (CET)
- Drinking Water Display by Springfield Water and Sewer Commission
The first of two Tree Care Workshops was held at Springfield Technical Community College, on January 23, 2014. Thirty-eight attendees participated in this session, which introduced urban forest concepts to the audience, as well as planting, pruning and tree growth components. The three-hour session is part of an effort to enlist and train volunteer ‘Orchard Tenders’, who will help to care for the two newly established fruit tree orchards in the city. For more information on how you can join this effort, please 
