Help Us Grow a Native Tree Nursery!
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This fall, we are thrilled to launch an exciting new initiative: "The Community Native Tree Nursery." This collaborative project is made possible with funding from the Friends of the Arboretum, the Alliance for Cape Fear Trees, and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension. Led by FSW parent Jennifer Biringer, the project involves gathering tree seeds, preparing them for planting, starting them in wooden nursery boxes, and transplanting them the following fall. Currently, we are collecting seeds from trees on our campus and testing their viability using the sink-or-float method (viable seeds sink!).
We invite you to join us in this effort by collecting seeds from native trees that are fruiting and dropping seeds throughout October and November. Our target species include hickories, oaks, pawpaws, and persimmons. To help you get started, we've included links with helpful information on how to identify these trees, collect viable seeds, and follow best practices during your collection process.
Once you've gathered your seeds, please store them in a container in the fridge and drop them off in one of our designated collection boxes, located in front of the Preschool building, the 2nd-grade classroom, and the Middle School science room.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Jennifer or Karen. Thank you for your support in growing our Community Native Tree Nursery!
- Environmental Ed