On Arbor Day in April, Volunteers in Hamilton, Ohio planted dozens of native trees in the city. Some of the plantings were made possible using a grant from the Ohio Chapter of TACF, that included 25 American chestnut trees. The city plans to buy signage where the American chestnuts were planted “and then, as they’re growing, probably later this fall, we’ll offer educational tours of all these trees we’re planting on the various locations at the Riverside Natural Area, so if people want to see the chestnuts, or the swamp white oaks, the red buds, the native-tree restoration area, we can give tours out there if they want,” said Hamilton’s arborist, Dave Bienemann.
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