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Wyoming Urban Forestry Fall 2009 Tree-Purchase Program

Discounted Nursery Trees Available For Your Private Property - Installed!

Are you considering planting more trees in your yard, perhaps replacing those lost to drought or wind?  The Wyoming Urban Forestry Board has arranged for Cassinelli’s Nurseries to
• offer Wyoming residents high-quality nursery-grown trees,
• take your order by phone,
• include delivery and installation in the total price, and then
• bill you at a discounted municipal rate.

Orders must be placed until December 31 to benefit from the municipal discount.  Planting will be scheduled on a case by case basis.

Attached are the tree species and prices offered by Cassinelli’s Nurseries.  Important additional information on each of the tree species available is given in Tables 2.

This program is an opportunity to pay forward our debt to our forefathers, who planted and maintained the trees that provided the broad, vaulting canopy over much of Wyoming in the 20th century.  The Urban Forestry Board encourages you to purchase trees that ultimately will become part of a restored canopy, if such is feasible for your landscape.

Before making a purchase, please consider where each tree should be planted.  The site for the tree should be selected based on the height and spread of the tree at maturity and, in addition, how the mature tree will interact with your house and other structures, pavement, and any overhead or underground utilities.  More on selecting trees can be found in “Deciduous Trees for Ohio, HYG 1082 01,” published by Ohio State University.

The Urban Forestry Board would like to monitor and improve this tree-purchase program, with the intention of continuing it, if it is successful.  To that end, the nurseries will be reporting the sales to the board.  The board also would appreciate receiving from you any input on the program and the quality of the installed trees.

Click here to view the trees available through Cassinelli's Nurseries, Inc.