Howard County Giving Away 2,000 Native Trees To Improve Community Sustainability

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ) — Howard County is giving distant 2,000 Maryland-native trees for residents to enactment connected their property.

The yearly histrion giveaway’s extremity is to assistance support the region greenish and healthy, but besides for beautification.

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“Since 2019, we’ve helped works much than 50,000 trees in Howard County – 1 of the astir effectual tools to enactment our environment,” said Howard County Executive Calvin Ball. “We volition proceed to enactment manus successful manus with Howard County residents to works much trees successful the county than ever earlier to amended our community’s health, sustainability, and beauty.”

Residents tin take from 4 species: Redbud, Flowering Dogwood, Black Gum, and Red Maple. Native trees are acclimated to the clime and payment section pollinators and wildlife, the region said.

Residents tin instrumentality up to 2 trees, which travel successful five-gallon containers, and they volition beryllium liable for planting and maintaining the trees.

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Reservations statesman astatine 9:00 a.m. connected August 30. To register, visit https://www.howardcountymd.gov/park-rangers#forestry and click connected the “Annual Tree Giveaway” tab.

Pickup dates are Thursday, September 23 from 2-7 p.m. and Saturday, September 25 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Both days volition person 2 locations moving simultaneously:

• West Friendship Park: 12985 Frederick Road, West Friendship
• Rockburn Branch Park: 6105 Rockburn Branch Park Road, Elkridge.

“Fall is the champion clip of twelvemonth to works trees,” said Howard County Recreation & Parks Director A. Raul Delerme. “The Department’s Natural and Historic Resources Division is committed to creating a greenish and sustainable Howard County through their regular tasks and by assemblage outreach events similar this.”

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For much accusation connected the giveaway, sojourn https://www.howardcountymd.gov/park-rangers#forestry and click connected the “Annual Tree Giveaway” tab.

CBS Baltimore Staff