East Warren Filter Forest
We are excited to announce support from the Wright Foundation and the Conservation Fund in our next phase of developing the East Warren Filter Forest. This is a seven-parcel tree planting project connecting to Patiense Grove on Warren ave, at the South end of the Arboretum. We began this May with a tree planting event on a parcel donated by neighbors April and James Worden, and now we will continue on adjacent lots. The lots are currently vacant parcels. Some have volunteer forests on them that will be cleared of trash and invasives, and others are covered with invasive grass and weeds, which will be replaced with a great diversity of 100 trees and shrubs along with native meadow areas. The park will focus on evergreen and understory trees to create a full-time year-round vegetative buffer from the sight lines, pollution and noise of Warren ave. Tree plantings will be publicized as volunteer opportunities for neighborhood residents and others, and the Filter Forest will be an important outdoor venue for educational opportunities centering around air quality.