I’m leaving Atlanta this summer. Which means I’m leaving behind my trees.

I’m leaving Atlanta this summer. Which means I’m leaving behind my trees.
On the morning of Friday, June 10, a capable crew of Inman Park neighbors, together with some Trees Atlanta recruits, rallied in support of Springvale Park.
The goal was to remove invasive Japanese chaff flower and to thin out some of the saplings that are threatening to turn Springvale Park into a jungle.
Thanks go to Sandi and Kevin Curry, Karen Heim, Alan Hing, Nancy and Bob Morrison, Sam Prausnitz-Weinbaum, Cindy Weinbaum, Peipei Xiang, and Jim Abbot, as well as Trees Atlanta staffer Louie Lewis and his volunteers Myrtle Lewin, Jasen Johns, Grace, Nicole, and Christina.
Some of our wonderful trees along Freedom Park can now breathe a bit easier, due to the work of these fantastic volunteers! We cut and pulled vines, cleared away invasive ground cover, and even dug up some Japanese chafflower!
Thank you as always to our partner Trees Atlanta, represented today by forest restoration specialist Alyssa Killingsworth.
Woo-hoo. And whew.
Tree Watcher Chad Altemose in a text to me this afternoon, no doubt after having peeked out into today’s glorious spring weather:
Actually, I wouldn’t mind starting tomorrow’s workday NOW.
My reply to Chad:
You wanna?
I’ll bet you didn’t know that Inman Park Tree Watch has a sideline in emergency cleanup of pocket parks! Actually, it’s not hard when some hardworking, enthusiastic, fun-loving neighbors pitch in to help.
Don’t test us on this, okay? We gotta lot of work to do. It’s gettin’ real!!!
You can’t have dozens of volunteers show up on Saturday, April 16, to mulch and prune trees before the Inman Park Festival & Tour of Homes without having done a little planning. 🙂