Trees in the Residential Landscape

Join the Woodridge Park District’s Active Adult Garden Club for the free presentation, Trees in the Residential Landscape. Registration is not required.

Topics include:

• The Environmental and Esthetic Benefits of Trees
• A Tree For Virtually Every Condition
• Selection Criterion – getting the right tree for your situation
• How and When to Plant a Tree
•  Nurturing a new tree – the first 3 years
• Woodridge’s Tree Buying Program
• Q&A – Answers to your questions

About the speaker: Rolfe Jaremus
Rolfe is a Woodridge resident who owns a 60-acre grain farm in East Central Illinois where he planted over 500 trees and bushes of all kinds from dwarf fruit & nut trees to towering White Pines, Chestnuts and Oaks. In the process he learned a great deal about growing trees in harsh open, windy, dry conditions.  Rolfe has been actively gardening (vegetable & flower) for over 60 years and runs the Spring Garden Club Plant Sale.