John Boettcher, Carolyn Brown, Bruce Hoogesteger, Norma Platt, Sarah White

October 25, 2025 ReTree Work Day

• use the oldest and largest plants from the nursery
• work at one site (two, max)

Overview

• Location: WRNP black and blue trail, plus 4 trees in the yellow trail
• Crew leaders: Attendees
• Plant selections
  • Highbush cranberry – 2
  • Large oak – 1 (needs cage)
  • Ninebark – 6
  • Mulberry – 4 (need cages)
  • Hazelnut – 3 (need cages)
  • Hornbeam – 7
  • Sweet gum – 1
  • Yellow trail: 1 each of oak, white pine, sycamore, and tulip tree
  • Identify up to 6 more if there’s lots of volunteers

Work ahead of workday

• Mark planting locations and clear brush:
  • Carolyn and Bruce to place on 10/10 at 9am; and another date as needed; Norma to help clear with hedge trimmer. Meet at Whiting Road parking lot
  • Norma to buy more flags if needed
• Deliver plants to site
  • Friday 10/24: Sarah, Norma, John, Carolyn @9am at the nursery
  • Volunteers move plants on day of to planting locations from parking lot
• Deliver water for planting
  • John – 12 gallons
  • Carolyn – 5-gallon bucket
• Cage materials
  • Needed for mulberry, oak, hazelnut, and John’s 4 plants: 12 total
  • Norma to buy 100 feet of fencing
  • Precut fencing – Norma and Bruce with date TBD. Cages should be 2-foot or 3-foot diameters.
  • Zip ties – Sarah to buy 8-inch ties
• Cardboard rounds: Carolyn
• Stakes and labeling/marker tape – Norma
  • Inventory of stakes needed – Norma
• Wheelbarrows/wagons – deliver day before or early day of
  • wheelbarrow and wagon from John and Norma
  • trailer wheelbarrows: Sarah and Bruce
  • wagon: Carolyn
• Publicity
  • Facebook, email to members – Sarah
  • Notify Missy for her blog: Sarah
  • Notice in Webster Herald – John

Day of, all crew leads bring clippers for trimming roots.

GPS marking of planting sites to be done later.