WHAT- East Hills Earth Week 2017 Tree Planting WHEN- Sunday, April 23rd 1-4PM WHERE- Meet at Cherry Park 725 Cherry St. SE WHAT TO WEAR? Please dress for the weather and wear closed-toe shoes. Bring gloves if you have them and a water bottle. We work until all the trees are planted, but whatever time you can give is very much … More

Join us for our Tree Pruning and Maintenance class.  Participants will learn the basics of continuing the maintenance of their trees including: basic tree biology, pruning techniques, various tools, mulching, timing of maintenance, and other resources. This class satisfies the tree maintenance and pruning requirements for the FGRP Citizen Forester program. This class will take place on … More

Blandford Nature Center has applied for and received a fall 2016 mini grant from Friends of  Grand Rapids Parks-Urban Forest Project for new native trees to be planted throughout the new Blandford Nature Center building and parking area on Friday, November 4th. These new trees will be planted to not only replace trees recently removed in construction, but … More