2022 Beneficial Insect Report | January 5, 2023
By Christine Helie, Consulting Entomologist, The Growing Tree Biological Control Native insect predators provide the important ecological service of [...]
Tree Removal on Comm. Ave. Mall | August 8, 2022
Our Parks Care team, working with consulting arborist Norm Helie, is continually monitoring the health of the trees in [...]
Welcome, New Residents! | May 11, 2022
Ten new trees grace our parks this spring.Ten new trees grace our parks this spring. On April 29, members of [...]
2021 Beneficial Insect Report | January 3, 2022
Ladybug pupa on newly planted Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana) on The Mall. Ladybugs (Family: Coccinellidae) undergo complete metamorphosis and [...]
Get to Know Your Relatives in Nature | April 22, 2021
One of the things we love most about the Common, Garden, and Mall are the trees, flowers, shrubs, and [...]
Beneficial Insect Report | January 12, 2020
By Christine Helie, Consulting Entomologist, The Growing TreeOf the 1.5 million known insect species in the world, over 97% are [...]
Virtual Spring Blooms Map | April 13, 2020
Spring is still happening in our parks, and so are all of the exciting, natural blooms that happen each [...]
Meet the Trees: The Dawn Redwood | April 13, 2020
When you think of a coniferous tree, what do you think of? Pines, firs and spruces are the trees [...]
Meet the Trees: The Beeches | September 17, 2019
Meet the Trees: The Beeches by Claire Corcoran All but one of the beeches in our Parks are cultivars [...]
Meet the Trees | The Linden and the Story of a Crutch
The Friends’ consulting arborist, Norm Helie, noticed a growing number of people taking photos while sitting on a long horizontal [...]