Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: November 2, 2018
Categories: Kids & Nature
My interview with Any’e Carson. This past weekend I was lucky enough to sit down and talk with a past Youth Tree Team member. Any’e is a junior at the University of Indianapolis, majoring in community health education. She graduated from Tech High School in 2012. Any’e is truly one of the many successful young […]
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Curious about how much sunlight and water your front garden bed is getting? There’s an app for that. As a grower of all things green, this seems like the lazy man’s way to growing things. However, this could very well be the future of plant maintenance. For $50, the wireless Flower Power Plant monitor can […]
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Categories: Education, Tree Tenders, Trees and Native Habitats
What is the three cut pruning method? The three cut pruning method is a strategy used to remove larger limbs from a tree. Why is it used? This method is used to reduce the weight of the branch and make a clean proper cut. If a heavy weighted branch is removed improperly, the bark of the tree […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: November 1, 2018
Categories: Kids & Nature
Amy Shackelford is one of the 2016 KIB Youth Tree Team leaders. TheYouth Tree Team (YTT) works to preserve and maintain the trees KIB plants through our Community Forestry program. YTT seeks to promote professionalism, respect, personal and environmental responsibility, and teamwork in today’s high school students. I consider myself a smart and safe driver. […]
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Did you know there’s a social network for detecting and reporting invasive species? I had the good fortune to attend the Midwest Great Lakes Society for Ecological Restoration (MGLSER, catchy…no?) conference in Bloomington last month with a few of my colleagues. We were able to hear fascinating presentations from land managers, conservation groups and researchers from […]
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Help Those Plants Thrive And Loosen Up (Your Soil)! In order to grow and thrive, tree roots need water and oxygen. In soil that has been highly compacted, very little water and oxygen can penetrate down into the ground. As a result, root growth is hampered and tree health suffers. At certain planting sites with […]
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Joey Ponce of City in Green has developed a visual, educational guide to planting pollinator friendly native plants. His City in Green project focuses on the documentation and hopeful proliferation of native plants, organic gardening and environmental curiosities in an urban landscape. City in Green hopes to reconnect the city to its roots by reintroducing the practices […]
Posted by: Jeremy Kranowitz
Posted: October 31, 2018
Categories: Kids & Nature
Did you know the average American child spends 7.5 hours per day in front of a screen? That’s over 2,737 hours (yikes!) a year that kids spend indoors with their eyes are glued to televisions, computers, tablets and smart phones. Keep Indianapolis Beautiful hopes to counter this growing epidemic through our GreenKids Program—a multi-year partnership […]
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Categories: Community Forestry, Education, Tree Tenders, Trees and Native Habitats
After our recent cold snap, you may be itching to get back outside and stretch your legs. As the temperatures rise and the days get a little bit longer, the outdoors become more inviting. A hike in the woods is a great way to stave off the winter blues, and if you’re a tree nerd […]
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Most Americans are aware that some of our biggest trees reside in California. They are the Giant Sequoia and Coastal Redwood. Giant Sequoias grow to an average height of 170 feet to 280 feet and are among some of the oldest living things on the earth. One family in Michigan believes that these trees hold […]
