Redford Cemetery Association

TREE PLANTING DAY 2007

DATE: 17 NOVEMBER 2007

TIME: 2:00pm-6:00pm

LOCATION: Redford Cemetery

Unlike most of our formal, scheduled workdays, this was an impromptu event. As we had ordered a few dozen bareroot trees, and delivery is anticipated mid-November, we had to play this one by ear. The trees arrived and were promptly planted, each one receiving a large hole and generous soil amendment with compost, as our soil is incredibly sandy and not particularly suited to young trees getting a good start all on their own. The trees planted included Red, Silver, and Sugar maples; London Planetree; Lacebark Elm; European Beach, and Tuliptrees. We planted sixteen trees in all, but the inclement weather prevented us from getting them all planted - it was raining and sleeting for much of the afternoon. The remaining trees were over-wintered in pots, and will be planted in the spring of 2008.