Jefferson

For the spring 2021 planting season, Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church hosted a Carla Hardy WV CommuniTree planting within common areas located throughout Shepherdstown, West Virginia. In total, 34 community volunteers participated in the project, including 20 adults and 3 youth volunteers, donating a total of 106 volunteer hours. The CommuniTree planting occurred on April 18 and the […]

For the spring 2021 planting season, the Charles Town Tree Board hosted a Carla Hardy WV CommuniTree planting at Evitts Run Park in Charles Town, West Virginia. The Project Leader, Tanner Haid, asynchronously recruited and organized interested participants to plant 16 native trees at the local community park. In total, 17 families participated in the […]

The Deerfield Village HOA hosted their 9th CommuniTree project on Saturday, April 10, 2021. A total of 42 volunteers contributed 157 volunteer hours to plant the 24 native trees throughout the entrance of the Deerfield Village Subdivision located just outside of Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Longtime Deerfield Village project leader, Bill Sturtevant, was thrilled to see […]

The Quail Ridge HOA hosted their 3rd CommuniTree planting event within their subdivision located in Kearneysville, West Virginia splitting the Jefferson and Berkeley County line. Quail Ridge HOA president and seasoned project leader, David Groom, led a group of 29 volunteers, including 13 youth volunteers, to plant 24 native trees around 3 storm water management […]

Noticing a puddling “mud hole” on campus, sixth graders at Charles Town Middle School took action to extend their rain garden, fixing the puddles with native garden plants. After experiencing pooling water in the school’s courtyard, (which staff coined the “mud hole” as students continuously tracked mud into the school), sixth grade teacher Stephanie Diamond […]

The Science National Honor Society (SNHS) of Jefferson High School improved their school’s courtyard with a rain garden and native tree propagation program to revitalize the space and protect watersheds. Through lessons on the importance of native plants and biofiltration, Jefferson High School environmental science students came to understand the role that rain gardens and […]