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Greening Milwaukee is a non-profit organization
dedicated to, well, doing just that! Making Milwaukee greener by showing
people how easy it is to plant trees and how planting trees can have
many positive effects- both on people and the environment. And we’ll
be happy to give you a tree - for free!
On the pages ahead, you’ll find that there are many good reasons
to plant trees. We’re here to offer a wealth of information on
how to choose the right one, helpful tips to guide you as you decide
where and how to plant your tree, and useful information on how to
care for trees. |
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you don’t want to limit your “greening” activity to trees,
check out our gardening section, with links to interesting articles and
websites, including the Mayor’s Landscape Awards, an annual project
of Greening Milwaukee and the Mayor’s office. |
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Milwaukee: A brief history |
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Milwaukee is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and
preservation of trees. In the 1960s the city of Milwaukee lost over 200,000
trees to the Dutch Elm epidemic. Although many trees on public property
were replanted, many on private property were not. |
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Trees
currently make up just 16% of the city’s canopy cover. The organization’s
goal is to increase canopy coverage to 40%. Greening Milwaukee re-establishes
urban greenery by working with community groups and individual citizens
to plant hundreds of trees throughout the spring and fall.
Click Here to read about the history of
the Urban Forest. |
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Milwaukee works to increase the number of trees in the area through a variety
of projects, such as the Mayor’s Landscape
Awards, the Tree Gift Program,
the Adopt-a-Tree Initiative, and the Greening
Milwaukee Schools Program. |
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The
Adopt-a-Tree Initiative provides free trees to urban homeowners who
agree to learn tree planting, care, and maintenance techniques. If
homeowners are unable to plant trees, volunteers often assist in the
process. Trees are usually planted in the spring or fall. Environment
and location are considered before a specific species is recommended
for planting. |
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