PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If you are interested in planting trees in your neighborhood this Spring, the deadline to apply for a Neighborhood Street Tree Planting Award from the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program is Jan. 15.
To receive trees through the Neighborhood Street Tree Planting Award, neighborhoods will need a volunteer to complete the application and help the program organize the planting. Complete applications include: requests from at least five properties for at least one tree at each property within a one-to-two city-block area and a commitment from the property owners and/or residents requesting trees to plant their tree on planting day, water the tree weekly, and weed the area around the tree regularly. If a resident requesting a tree does not own the property, the program will need documentation of property owner consent to the tree planting.
The Providence Neighborhood Planting Program considers Elmwood, Federal Hill, Lower and Upper South Providence, Olneyville, Reservoir, Smith Hill, Valley, Washington Park and West End neighborhoods high-priority planting areas and encourages applications from these neighborhoods especially.
For information, call (401) 368-5380.