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, […]
It Took Villages Across Wilmot To Make These Signs
As seen in The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette. On Tuesday, May 31st, several volunteers with Let’s Tree Wilmot (LTW) gathered to install the first 6 of the 25 signs that will mark the tree planting at Scott Park in New Hamburg. The area was the first LTW tree planting location in October 2020. This is a pilot […]
Tree Planting At Wilmot Recreation Centre And Schmidt Woods
As seen in The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette. Let’s Tree Wilmot organized two tree planting events on Saturday, May 28. About 23 volunteers attended in the morning from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 29 attended in the afternoon. The group planted 435 native trees. According to Marlene Knezevich, Forester’s Financial had volunteers come in the afternoon […]
Tree Planting At The Mike Schout Wetlands
As seen in The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette. The sun is peeping over the horizon and the ground frost sparkles in the early rays of light. I hop in the car and head over to the Mike Schout Wetlands in New Hamburg, only minutes from my home. The last tree planting day of 2021! I do a […]
Let’s Tree Wilmot: Community group rolling up sleeves to plant trees
As seen in the New Hamburg Independent. The first meeting of Let’s Tree Wilmot, an initiative organized by the Wilmot Horticultural Society, took place March 11, 2020, the night the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. Months later, in October, the organization planted its first trees. A year and multiple delays later, and the planting is in […]
Webinar Hosted By Local Groups Teaches About Healthy Trees
As seen in The Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette Last week, the Nith Valley Ecoboosters, along with Let’s Tree Wilmot hosted a “Let’s Talk Healthy Trees” webinar to close off National Forest Week. This virtual event covered all the basics of tree planting, from selecting the best tree to choosing a good location, maintaining the tree once it […]
Volunteers plant 100 trees in New Hamburg
As seen in the New Hamburg Independent. Wheelbarrows squeaked, holes were dug and neighbours of all ages chatted behind masks as they worked together to plant trees in William Scott Park on Saturday. It was the first tree-planting event hosted by the group Let’s Tree Wilmot, formerly known as Let’s Turn Wilmot Green with Trees. […]
