Beautiful leaves but vile, VILE fruit.
From DDOT:
“The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will begin the annual spraying of the female ginkgo street trees on Sunday, April 19, 2026. The spraying will occur overnight from 9:00 p.m. through 6:00 a.m., weather permitting.
The annual spraying serves to reduce the formation of mature ginkgo fruit, which emits an offensive smell when it falls on sidewalks and roadways. DDOT will use the same spray it has used for the past 20 years, (more…)
Georgetown Day School (GDS) is located at 4200 Davenport Street, NW
Arborist Now advises: “Avoid Nails or Screws: Refrain from nailing or screwing signs to the tree to prevent damage, pests, and infections.” (more…)
“PLEASE PLANT STREET TREE HERE
CENTER OF TREE BOX
NOT
CENTER OF PLANTINS
THX.”
Am I losing my mind or is this not in the center of the tree box?: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to share this news from the National Park Service announcing a partnership with Casey Trees to plant 250 trees this year in federal parks and lands managed by National Capital Parks—East, in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.
Thanks to early community outreach, we’ve already funded over 80 trees for Lincoln, Stanton, and Folger Parks in Capitol Hill! Right now, the community can sponsor trees along the Pennsylvania Avenue corridor in SE, with other parks and lands to be determined.
The tree plantings will begin this spring, with remaining trees planted over the course of the year as fundraising continues.
We’re excited to help restore the tree canopy in these historic public spaces!”
Full press release:
“The National Park Service is partnering with Casey Trees to launch a community-driven campaign to plant 250 native and historic trees across historic federal parkland in the nation’s capital to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026.
The effort, called “250 Years of America, 250 Trees for its Capital,” aims to raise $125,000 to fund planting and long-term care. The campaign has already raised more than $54,000 through early community outreach.
In partnership with National Capital Parks – East, (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Speaking of recent tree removal in Rock Creek Park, major staging work has started for the DC water sewer tunnel project under Piney Branch. This is right by picnic grove 29. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
The National Park Service has started cutting down the second tranche of trees on the Rock Creek park golf course – ~600 native, healthy trees including ~100 heritage trees (more than 100” of circumference) like this one.”
Thanks to Eric for sending the sad news:
“Saw this today where the cherry blossom once stood near the corner of 19th and Columbia. A neighbor has been working on that triangular garden space recently so I feared the worst, but found the work order on the urban forestry site so unfortunately it must have been diseased. Attached is a photo of it in bloom in 2021.” (more…)
Update from a reader:
“I was told that the garden beds the willows are in are very shallow so every few years they start to die off. One was really sick and not looking great and another fell over in one of the recent storms so they went ahead and cut them all down. The were replanted a couple of years ago when one of the theater houses had finished its latest remodel. No word on if they will be replanted or if something else will be replanted in its place.”
Thanks to P. for sending this jarring sight from the Kennedy Center:
“Willow trees on the Kennedy center terrace razed: (more…)
This is a scam, despite best efforts the plant is impossible to pick up: (more…)
May you become a mighty oak* one day: (more…)