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Forestry & Beautification Committee

McCathran Hall

The Forestry and Beautification (F&B) Committee of the Town of Washington Grove oversees the health and maintenance of trees, shrubs and the general appearance of Town land in the residential area of town.

The committee liaises to the Town Council through the Council member for Forestry and Beautification as does the Woods Committee whose purview is the health and maintenance of the two Town forests.

Interested Residents

Through the F&B committee interested residents can be part of ensuring our continued tree canopy by selecting new trees for planting each year, determining tree health needs, developing landscaping plans around public buildings and in our parks, supervising installation of new trees, and planting annual/perennial plants at the Town entrance and the Town Hall. F&B meeting times are published in the Town Bulletin; we’d love to have you join us!

The committee currently consists of Georgette Cole (Chair), Audrey Maskery (Council liaison), Deborah Mehlferber, Cynthia Werts, Jay Everhart, Dan York, and John Compton. If you are curious or have any questions, please contact any of us.

FORESTRY & BEAUTIFICATION NEWS

Forestry Committee Circle cleanup

CONTACTS

Georgette Cole
Chair
301-330-6740

Audrey Maskery
Council Liaison
240-205-4756

LINKS

Forestry & Beautification Minutes
Forestry & Beautification Documents

PLANTS IN THE GROVE

Trees in the Grove – Persimmon, Elm, Yellowwood (11/1/2020) - Persimmon, Elm, Yellowwood On October 9, the Town had 11 shade trees installed by Stadler Nursery. As we have tried to do in recent years, all were trees native to the U.S. Among the oaks, maples, and American beech, there…
Trees in the Grove – Hickories (10/4/2020) - Trees in the Grove - Hickories - Hickories are native trees important to wildlife and to humans well before the arrival of Europeans. One hickory, the pecan tree (Carya illinoensis), is one of the few commercially significant sources of food…
Trees in the Grove: Witch Hazel (3/6/2020) - A blooming Witch Hazel uplifts spirits with an early promise of spring showing off its strap-like brightly colored petals and enticing fragrance. These are the Witch Hazels most often noticed in the Washington area, a large upright spreading shrub or…
Trees in the Grove – White Oak (11/3/2019) - White Oak (Quercus alba) With over 600 hundred species of oaks (genus Quercus), nearly 100 of them native to the U.S., it would seem a difficult group of trees to sort out, much less identify individual species. However, only a…
American Beech & Oriental Bittersweet (10/1/2019) - American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) is a slow growing, moderate sized native tree (up to 70’ tall and 100’ wide) that is abundant in eastern forests. The tree is often recognized from a distance by its attractive gray bark. A tree…
Maples (6/1/2019) - Maples - The most common native maple found in Washington Grove is the red maple. Acer rubrum is the county tree of Montgomery County and is an important tree in Maryland hardwood forests. Leaves are opposite, as with all maples,…
Red Buckeye & Amur Honeysuckle (5/21/2019) - Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia) is a native understory tree with shiny, dark green palmate leaves (leaflets whose stems emanate from a single central point) that are attractive in spring and early summer. Its most striking feature are its red, tubular…
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