Historical June–July 2002 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
On Arbor Day, April 26, the 6100 block of Washington became an even more attractive street, thanks to the efforts of the 3rd grade class at Central Christian School, on Hanley Road. Skinker-DeBaliviere resident and Central Christian School parent Nancy Gruneisen contacted the beautification committee with a grant from Forest Re-Leaf for ten beautiful street trees.
The Skinker-DeBaliviere Housing Corporation needed street trees on the 6100 block of Washington in front of the Rosedale Square Apartments they own there.
The sites were chosen, and trees planted.
A team of 18 children with shovels and buckets dug holes, carefully planted, and watered the Cypress, Hackberry, Red Bud, and Tulip trees, which Forest ReLeaf provides for public planting.
The students also learned about how to properly transplant trees, how the root systems function, and how to scream real loud at grubworms.
The Beautification Committee will keep these trees watered for their first year, until they are established.
The students and their teacher, Anne Ritland, won Honorable Mention from the Chiquita Corporation for their project in the EcoK.I.D. Challenge, with a plaque and a $100 prize, which they will use in a classroom project.
Original photograph caption
Eighteen third-graders from Central Christian School on Hanley Road plant trees for Arbor Day. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, June–July 2002.
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