| WELCOME to the website for Trees for Watertown, Watertown's volunteer citizen tree advocacy group! | |
Trees for Watertown's mission is to care for our community and environment, by • promoting the planting and preservation of shade trees • serving as an educational resource as to the beauty, value, and requirements of trees • collaborating with town departments, local, regional and national organizations, and the public to support a healthy urban forest in Watertown, Massachusetts.  NEWS TFW and Mount Auburn Cemetery collaborate to grow a new tree variety to try out on Watertown's streets |
PLEASE HELP PROTECT OUR SHADE TREES! If you observe construction or pruning activities that you feel may be damaging public shade trees, CONTACT THE TREE WARDEN AND YOUR TOWN COUNCILOR IMMEDIATELY. This includes utility pruning. See below for an example of the pruning protocol NSTAR subscribes to. For email or text message announcements about public shade tree hearings or utility pruning schedules, go to Watertown's NOTIFY ME website and select Tree Warden. |
| "Whips" of Osage Orange 'White Shield', a thornless, fruitless variety of this tough and handsome tree, were planted in Spring 2011 in Mount Auburn Cemetery's tree nursery, to grow until they are tall enough to be planted out on the street. Look how tall and healthy these seedlings are just seven months later!
CLICK HERE for info about Watertown's TFW-sponsored public conversation on "What is a Tree Worth?" The video is now on YouTube! CLICK HERE to download a brochure on 22 Benefits of Urban Shade Trees |
NSTAR Utility Pruning, June 2010 |
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