With deep roots in the local community, Spring Grove Nursery is always looking for opportunities to share their knowledge and trees when needed.
Through our popular Arbor Day Program, our Green Legacy Project™, and local Tree Donations we are proud to serve & educate the community we live & work in.
You can read more about these projects below, and we welcome you to contact us with ideas or needs for other tree projects in our community.
Arbor Day Program
Since 1872, Arbor Day has been celebrated in communities across the United States. The tradition of planting trees on Arbor Day has become a popular and effective way to beautify our communities & educate our youth about the benefits of trees. As a local nursery in Mazon, we have been celebrating Arbor Day at the Mazon Elementary School for 8 years now. Every year we plant a tree with either our son or daughter’s class on the school property. We help the teachers educate the children about the value of trees to our community, and then we let the children help plant the tree. We have found our Arbor Day Program to be a great educational opportunity for the kids as well as a truly enjoyable experience for us.
Spring 2012 will be our 9th year celebrating Arbor Day in the community, and we plan to celebrate again this spring with our local grade schools. We hope through our Arbor Day Program to educate as many kids as we can firsthand about the benefits of trees to our communities. Check out these links below to some fun Photos & Newspaper Articles written about our past Arbor Day Celebrations.
ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION 2012 LINK
Click here for some great photos of Arbor Day Plantings!
Click here to Download Newspaper Article
Green Legacy Project™
In 2007, we launched our successful Green Legacy Project™ which provides one free tree every fall to each community within Grundy County. Trees provide value to our communities in many ways. From providing habitat for wildlife, to shading our homes, to producing oxygen for our environment, or beautifying our landscape – trees add to the quality of life we all experience. The simple act of planting a tree can bring many benefits to a community for years to come.
The Green Legacy Project™ began in the Fall of 2007 and was a huge success. Through the project, we donate one tree each to 20 local communities in and around Grundy County. Each community receives a large balled & burlapped tree delivered free to their town. The trees are selected from varieties suitable for urban conditions that will also beautify the landscape. We are looking forward to continuing the project for many years to come.
We are proud to continue the project again for Fall 2011! Many small towns around Grundy County do not have large budgets to add trees to their landscapes every year. Spring Grove Nursery is proud to be able to contribute these trees through our Green Legacy Project™. Check out the links below to some more info about this project.
Click here to Download Newspaper Article
Tree Donations
When local organizations have fundraisers, we are always happy to chip in with tree donations for silent or live auctions. Our trees bring top dollar when the bidding begins, and it’s always a fun way to help out a good cause. Every year we allocate some trees to be used for these events, so please let us know if you have a local event coming up that we can help with. We will be happy to do what we can!