After 28 days I came the first obstacle i just couldn't conquer.

Today I got to plant one of my favorite trees with a good friend. It doesn't get much better than that.

A Tale of Two Cities starts with one of the most memorable lines in literature, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." A similar statement held true for my planting yesterday. It was the easiest of plantings and it was the hardest of plantings. My blog today covers this and a short tale of two different parts of our city.

Everyone likes pie, right?

A few days have passed since the Crowe Horwath day of service. I've had a few days to think about it and reflect.

You will have to look inside the blog to find the answer to the riddle, but this was one of two trees I had been waiting all month to plant.

Today my planting was a part of my firm's day of service on the near east side. We got KIB a little bit closer to their goal of planting 2012 trees by 2012.

Today, along with around 200 other people I dug deep to help support KIB and then I planted a tree.

I went to the Christel House today, a charter school on the South / East side of Indianapolis and had the help of six 7th Graders and a few friends from work.

Tell us your definition and/or description of Beauty...

Today's tree was a special request I made to KIB when we put together this month.

I'm not sure if any of the trees I am planting will make history, but a cousin of today's tree did.

This morning I planted a bald cypress tree for the Capital Improvement Board. This tree proved to be the biggest challenge so far this month.

15 trees in 15 days, I'm halfway there. Here are some haphazard thoughts I've had now that my journey is 50% complete.

Here is a video blog showing the American Elm I planted on 9-13 @ Hooverwood.

Okay, well not exactly, but a study in the 1980s by Roger Ulrich did show that trees can have an impact on an individual's recovery from surgery.

A very popular question this month has been where do all the trees come from. Look no further, here is your answer.

Everyone already knows about all the Beauty at Butler University's Holcomb Gardens and in the Indianapolis Museum of Art so don't choose those or other obvious sites.

It seemed appropriate today that when I saw the tree I was planting today, it was one that towered over all the rest.

Today, I went to Brookpark Elementary to plant my tree with students from the school and volunteers from Johnson Controls.

I soared into the IMA to plant my 8th tree of the day, but that was only a small part of my day.

No, that isn't the tree I planted today, just hopefully the one it will become. This morning I had two special guests at the planting, some rain and my dad!

I thought one of the easy things about the tree plantings would be the locations...there is a bit more to it than I thought.

Today I did the first of my 3 tree plantings in Heron Morton. In this blog I'll answer a question I have been frequently getting, How long does it take to plant a tree?

For the past two days I planted trees along Binford Blvd. In addition to getting some waves and honks by the drivers passing by, I got to contribute to the revitilization of the neighborhood I live in.

My second tree took me to the Humane Society of Indianapolis. I got an early start to try and beat the heat!

Day 1 of my 30 days of tree plantings. Today I planted a Bur Oak @ WISH TV.