Arbor Day of Service – Statewide
While work was underway in Walpole , across the Commonwealth other projects were completed . This impressive list emphasizes the broad impact of our Arbor Day tradition , our partnerships with communities , commitment to healthy and safe green spaces and , simply put , our capacity to get things done . Great job , MAA members !
Arbortech Tree Specialists : Removing dangerous overhanging trees at property line , MA Audubon Wellfleet
Jean Berger , MCA , Friends of Newburyport Trees and volunteers : Pruning demonstration and street tree pruning , Newburyport , MA
Kevin Block , MCA and 10 + volunteers : Arbor Day Planting - installing 20 trees and 40 shrubs on the South Campus of UMass Lowell
Jeffrey Hall , MCA , Storybrook Tree : Tree planting on Stow Common
Ryan Andrews , MCA ( Barrett Tree Service East ), Bill Bernardinelli , MCA ( Lawns Plus ), Aggie Tuden , Medford Tree Warden : Restoration and deadwood pruning around picnic , concert and gathering areas , Wright ’ s Pond , Medford
City of Quincy , Dan Cathcart , MCA , Mike Casinelli , MA DCR : Lincoln Hancock Elementary School Tree Talk & Tree Planting
Harrison McPhee , Inc .: Planting 12 + trees with the help of community volunteers at Loesch Family Park , Dorchester
Ray Rose , MCA ( Town of Wrentham DPW ), MA DCR , National Grid , Woodlands Fire Service : Tree planting , seedling distribution and tree talk at Wrentham Elementary School
Josh Fritz , MCA & crew from Hartney Greymont : Removal of Norway Maples and safety pruning at Mass Audubon site in Topsfield
Alden Johnson , MCA ( Barrett Tree Service East ): Tree pruning at Winchester Common
Paul Sellers , MCA , Eversource & ACRT Inc .: Replanting historic garden with 350 plants , pruning and removals around the garden at Highland Hall and Gardens , Falmouth
Norm Helie ( Friends of the Public Garden ) with Tree Specialists , Hartney Greymont , Barrett Tree Service East & Bartlett Tree Experts : Tree Planting on Boston Common
Jonathan Fobert , Tree Warden with Mayer Tree : Pruning trees around Abbott Hall , Marblehead
Jonathan Fobert with Sustainable Marblehead and Marblehead Tree Department and volunteers : 3rd annual tree planting , Marblehead
John Collins , MCA : Pruning at Grant Circle , Gloucester
Mayer Tree Service : Pruning and tree removals at Stage Fort Park , Gloucester
Greg Mosman , MCA with Barrett Tree Service East : Tree pruning at Watertown City Hall
Nick ’ s Tree Service with CBC Consulting : Pruning ornamental trees and planting Norway spruce at Butterfly Park in Abington
Ben Tartakoff , MCA with Barrett Tree Service East and community volunteers : Dead tree removals and pruning in high traffic areas at Land ’ s Sake , Weston
Stumpy ’ s Tree Service : Removal of dead and hazardous trees at Mass Audubon , Lincoln
Town of Andover Forestry Division with the Andover Garden Club : Planting trees and seedling giveaway
The MAA is grateful to everyone who participated in 2023 Arbor Day of Service projects . We should all feel enormous pride in our organization ’ s 40 + year commitment to volunteerism , as well as the spirit of camaraderie that our members exhibit on Arbor Day — and every day .
Marc Hansen MCA ( Barrett Tree Service East ) and the Belmont Garden Club : Ornamental pruning at Belmont Public Library
G . Bourne Knowles : Pruning shade trees around Buttonwood Park , New Bedford
SUMMER 2023 MAA NEWS 7