PLANT A TREE/SHRUB

Add to your property value.
Beautify your yard and the
neighborhood. Provide shade
and air conditioning in summer.
A windbreak in winter. Combat
air pollution from vehicle and
home emissions and airborne
road salt.

Albany City has a tree program
 http://www.albanyny.org/Government/Departments/GeneralServices/ForestryServices.aspx

Smaller, inexpensive stock can
be obtained from local county
soil and water conservation
tree/shrub sales.

Albany County SWCD 765 7923
Rensselaer County  271 1740
Schenectady County 399 6980.

Order forms can be obtained
by searching the web for the
various county SWCD tree
shrub sales for 2014.

Stock from these sources come
in bundles of 5 or 10.

Share them with neighbors
or/or plant them in open
spaces such as Buckingham
Pond Park, church/synagogue
grounds, senior housing and
schools.

Mater Christi parish trees
are deteriorating. Now is the
times to plant the next
generation.

The same is true of street
trees along New Scotland
Avenue and other streets
in our neighborhood. 

Plant trees now. Do not
let our neighborhood
become an urban waste land.

Select trees/shrubs that are
suitable for the sites where
you intend to plant them.

Before you dig call 811 or
1 800 962 7002 to avoid
underground utility lines.

                       Joe Sullivan