Fall 2023 – Greening Greenfield has finished up the planting/landscaping work we had hoped to do this summer! As you know we worked on planting trees and shrubs to beautify and add native habitat to the site. We also worked with the Greenfield Tree Committee to plant additional trees as noted below. Although our dream of planting along Davis Street was impossible because of underground utilities and for the same reason we were unable to plant several trees & shrubs as planned on the north side of the building, we are very pleased with the outcome, and we hope everyone who uses the building will appreciate the plantings as they grow in the coming years.
Here are the details of what we, and the Greenfield Tree Committee planted:
Greening Greenfield’s effort: planted 12 trees/shrubs & moved 4 shrubs
8 Trees planted:
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4 clumps of Birches on east side of the building (School Street side), among the sweet fern
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2-Amelanchier (shadbush/Juneberry) on North side of building among the red-stem dogwoods
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1 pagoda dogwood east of patio outside of the fence next to the Patio
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1 sourwood near School St, North of building
4 shrubs planted:
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high bush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum)on Northwest corner of building among the red stem dogwoods
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northern bush honeysucke (Diervilla lonicera) on the Southeast corner of the red stem dogwoods
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highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum) in the rain garden nearest School Street
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shrubs moved: We moved 4 inkberry (Ilex glabra) that were obstructing the view of the Sr. Center sign, and replanted them along Pleasant St extending the existing ilex glabra hedge.
Greenfield Tree Committee’ effort: planted 12 trees
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2 pairs of trees behind the 2 large signs on Pleasant St. (crabapple near Davis St + redbud near School St)
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2 redbuds near the Patio on the south
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5 trees along School St. (3-musclewood (Carpinus caroliniana + 2 Amelanchier x grandifolia (Autumn brilliance)
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1 tree near the chickens to replace one that had died. (red maple)
Greening Greenfield and the Tree Committee will follow-up with any maintenance needed in the next few years. Please contact Nancy Hazard (nancyhazard30@gmail.com 413-774-5667), if you have any questions.
Greening Greenfield would like to thank you for the opportunity to beautify the John Zon Center and increase native habitat in Greenfield. We hope that the many people that use the John Zon Center will enjoy both the beauty and the increased bird and insect life that will be drawn to the area because of the new plantings that not only build native habitat, but also sequester carbon dioxide to help restore our climate.