Trees from Building Futures’ nursery on Valley Street are headed for new homes! More than 90 trees, planted and maintained by Building Green Futures participants, were picked up on April 7th by the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program, an organization focused on creating a more robust and equitable urban forest in the city.
On April 9th, the nursery received over 200 new trees, with species including sycamores, Hackaberry, Kentucky Coffee, and redbuds, bringing the total number to 302. Building Futures graduates and Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council stewards showed up ready to work, unloading, potting, and getting trees into the ground.
The new trees will continue to grow here before being planted in inner city neighborhoods across Rhode Island.
Thank you to everyone that came out and treated these new living neighbors with care.
