TD Tree Days Tree Planting Planned for October 21st

22000779046_56f36aa9c5_oEmployees from TD Bank will join with Regreen Springfield to plant new trees in Springfield’s Upper Hill Neighborhood on Wednesday, October 21st as part of the company’s TD Tree Days.  Over 50 volunteers will participate in the planting of new street and park trees in the Federal Square and Magazine Park areas of the neighborhood.

Since its U.S. introduction five years ago, TD Tree Days has seen thousands of TD Volunteers plant more than 3,300 trees across the U.S.  Last year TD Employees joined with Customers and community partners to plant more than 1,100 trees in communities across our footprint. Best of all, they planted them where they were needed the most! With shovels in their hands and smiles on their faces, hundreds of volunteers made a real difference by greening – literally – parks and green spaces in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods from Maine to Florida.

This year TD Bank employees are ramping up to do it again, only they will be planting more trees in more neighborhoods! They will be planting more than 1,300 trees in 25 locations, including 50 in Springfield.TDB_color-4

If you would like to help out, please plan to meet at Magazine Park, at the intersection of St. James Avenue and Magazine Street (near State Street) on Wednesday, October 21st at  9:30 AM.  Come join the fun!

 

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Learn About Water in Your Neighborhood – at Emerson Wight Park – Wed, August 12th

As part of the Parks and People Learning Program, being undertaken by the US Forest Service, Regreen Springfield and the C3 South End Community Policing Initiative, there is an upcoming event that should be of interest to Springfield residents of all ages.  Come join in the fun and learning…

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August 12, 2015
4:00 – 6:00 PM
Emerson Wight Park, Marble Street, Springfield, MA

Come learn about water in the South End Neighborhood, and what benefits it provides you. Water plays a key role in the ecosystem that we live in, and without it nothing would be able to thrive. Having clean water is essential to all living things. Please join us for this fun, informative information session about water.

Plan to attend this FREE informational event, which features demonstrations, outdoor experiments and refreshments. This event aimed at middle and high school aged residents, as well as students. Even if you don’t live in the South End, please come to the event.

This neighborhood event features several researchers from the US Forest Service, who will lead you on a fun, exciting look at the water ecosystem in the city. We will learn about how you can participate in helping to care for the water supply in your neighborhood. This will be a FUN event, and don’t worry if you don’t know much about water; you will know alot more when you leave the event.

  • Learn Something New
  • Easy to Understand Science
  • Fun Filled and Fast Paced
  • Food and Drink
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City Wide Tree Identification Scavenger Hunt Extended through August

Connor-clipboardDuring the month of July and August, ReGreen Springfield is conducting a Tree Identification Scavenger Hunt, which will provide an opportunity to win prizes.  Trees in parks across the city have been flagged, with a ‘tree tag’ which provides information on the  logistics of the event.  The idea is to have residents travel to various parks and try to identify the genus and/or species of the trees that are flagged.

The flagged trees are a variety of species, and the first person to find each flag and correctly identify 10 trees will win a new tree, to be planted by ReGreen Springfield at the location of your choice.

PRIZES for the Adventurers!  The first ten people to correctly identify 5 trees will receive a copy of  “Tree Finder: A Manual for Identification of Trees by their Leaves (Eastern US) (Nature Study Guides).”  

Instructions: Just use the interactive map below to find the parks where the trees are located. Zoom on a park symbol to find the specific location of your scavenger hunt tree and note it’s location and surrounding features, then visit the park and look for the tree tag (just like the one above) hanging from the scavenger hunt tree, identify the tree species and submit your entry online using the button below the map.

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List of Tree Locations:

  • Nathan Bill Park
  • Marshall Roy Park
  • Van Horn Park
  • Calhoun Park
  • Emily Bill Park
  • Old First Church
  • Merrick Park
  • Winchester Square
  • Blunt Park
  • Brookings School Traffic Island at Walnut Street
  • Gunn Square
  • Johnny Appleseed Park (Stebbins Park)
  • Sixteen Acres Library
  • Wilbraham Road and Roosevelt Ave Traffic Island
  • Roosevelt Ave and Island Pond Road Traffic Island
  • Barrow’s Playground
  • Forest Park – Near Duck Pond Parking Area
  • Forest Park – Near arbors in vicinity of Dinosaur Tracks
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