Let’s Tree Wilmot: Spring has sprung
It appears spring has sprung early this year and thoughts of planting are popping into our minds. Let’s Tree Wilmot, a project of Garden Wilmot (Wilmot Hort. Society) has our typical jammed-packed spring planting season already planned. We are excited by new locations for this year.
Start the year with proper tree pruning
As seen in The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette. Let’s Tree Wilmot, a project of Garden Wilmot (Wilmot Horticultural Society), is busy planning the season and already has programs going. On March 9 from 1-4 p.m., Tree Pruning with Mike Yost will be held at St. Agatha Community Centre. All aspects of tree pruning will be covered during […]
Tree Planting in Baden Hills
As seen in The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette. Baden Hills was the scene of another great day of tree planting by Let’s Tree Wilmot volunteers. By planting trees, our intention is to help restore the land with native tree cover and prairie. We acknowledged the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by tying orange ribbons on the […]
From gardens to trees, the Wilmot Horticultural Society has been keeping Wilmot green for decades
As seen in The New Hamburg Independent. It’s summertime and if you take a walk around downtown New Hamburg, you’ll see beautiful flowers flourishing, all thanks to the diligent volunteers at the Wilmot Horticultural Society. For about 55 years, the organization has been on a mission to beautify the township, nurturing the environment one plant […]
Earth Day Tree Planting
As seen in the Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette. Forty-eight hardy volunteers showed up to a tree planting event near the Wilmot Recreation Complex, despite the rain and mud on Earth Day (April 22). A wide variety of people attended, including families, young and old. There were 200 native trees planted near the Wilmot Recreation Complex, between Schmidt […]
What’s Going On Here? New Hamburg Earth Day Tree Planting
As seen in The New Hamburg Independent. Despite the rain on April 22, about 48 Wilmot residents gathered at the Wilmot Recreation Complex to plant trees for Earth Day. JUST THE FACTS • The event was organized by Let’s Tree Wilmot with support from Wilmot Township. • About 200 trees were planted between the recreation complex […]
Let’s Tree Wilmot Tree Pruning Workshop
As seen in The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette Let’s Tree Wilmot held a Tree Pruning Workshop on a beautiful sunny Saturday, March 11th afternoon at New Dundee Community Park. Sixteen area residents attended. LTW’s Certified Arborist Mike Yost briefly covered the basics of tree pruning such as time of year, why to prune and how. This was […]
Happy Third Birthday Let’s Tree Wilmot! (LTW)
As seen in The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette We have come a long way from March 11th, 2020, planting 100 trees in our first (COVID-19) year to planting 1066 trees/shrubs and 600 tree seedlings in our own tree nursery last year. Instructional videos of ‘How to Plant a Tree,’ ‘How to Prune a tree,’ and more were […]
120 Trees Planted At Anna Tuerr Park In Mannheim
As seen in The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette. About 40 visitors made it out to a Let’s Tree Wilmot event on Saturday, October 15, where the group planted about 120 trees at Anna Tuerr Park in Mannheim. Because the site was a former gravel pit, Wilmot Supervisor of Parks and Facilities Cody Eby dug holes with an […]
Let’s Tree Wilmot Holds Three Tree Planting Events In October
As seen in The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette. Let’s Tree Wilmot (LTW) has a busy month coming up, with three planting events scheduled for October. The first is scheduled for Saturday, October 1, starting at 9 a.m., taking place at Sararus Park in St. Agatha. About 60 different native trees will be planted, including redbud and serviceberries, […]
