Tree Stewards

Hanover Master Gardener Tree Steward volunteer projects 2024-25 include:

Help Desk follow up research to troubleshoot tree-related problems, e.g. diseases, through the Master Gardener Microscopy lab
Site visitations in local tree/shrub conservation effort
Identify native trees and provide descriptions for Hanover County Parks and Recreation signage along Lake Hanover Trail

Planned Native Tree Walk Lake Hanover Park
Provide educational activities through the Horticulture Learning Center (HLC) e.g. planting native trees at the Arbor Day Celebration on April 26, 2024, and tree care best practices at the Garden Showcase on September 24, 2024
Develop a Tree Inventory and Tree Walk of native trees at the Hanover County Taylor Park office complex
Schedule fall planting of 5 additional native trees at Taylor Park Complex & create signage with tree descriptions using QR codes for tree walk
Provide presentations to local groups and homeowners associations about tree selection, sitings, and care.

Arbor Day Celebration at Master Gardener HLC (Left -Aaron Reidmiller, Director Hanover County Parks and Recreation; Mike Little Tree Steward) & Tree Stewards planting native Loblolly trees (Master Gardeners Left -Scott Bateman, Mike Little and Joan VanDervort)

Site of future plantings for native Tree Walk Taylor Complex Park

If the Hanover County Master Gardener Tree Stewards can help you with your trees, please contact us at 804-752-4306 or hanover.master.gardener@gmail.com

Take a Virtual Tree Walk

These plantings lead to sustainable urban forestry, erosion control, and stormwater management. Come see these trees in person at Taylor Complex Park. They may be an excellent choice to add to your landscape.

Sources:

Native Trees of Virginia,” 2022 Identification Guide. Virginia Department of Forestry (www.dof.virginia.gov.)
National Wildlife Federation: nwf.org/Educational-resources/wildlife-guide
North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/
Piedmont Master Gardeners: https://piedmontmastergardeners.org/article/the-pros-and-cons-of-the-eastern-redcedar
Georgia Native Plant Society: gnps.org/plant
Virginia Native Plant Society: vnps.org/the-curious-pawpaw/
Trees of the Adirondacks: https://wildadirondacks.org/trees-of-the-adirondacks-black-cherry-prunus-serotina.html
Glen Arboretum: https://wp.towson.edu/glenarboretum/
Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment: https://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/factsheets.cfm