Village Condominium Association
Trees
by J. F. Weiler
A walkway designed by Frederick Law Olmstead
in the Arnold Arboretum,
which is part of Boston's
Emerald Necklace
Photo by J. F. Weiler
Our Village landscape is unique due to the wide selection of trees. We have red oaks, linden, maple, black locust, mountain ash and more! Few condominium complexes have such a variety of mature trees. Not only does this tree canopy enhance our real-estate values but the trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air and release oxygen. In one year a mature tree can absorb as much carbon as is produced by a car driven 26,000 miles. If you like to breath, you should thank our trees!
Boston’s Frederick Law Olmstead, the most influential American landscape architect, lived in Brookline at the end of the 19th century. Olmstead planned Central Park in New York City and Yosemite Park in California. For us he created the Emerald Necklace, which connects nine public parks. The Necklace starts at the Boston Common and continues nine miles to Franklin Park, encompassing 1,100 acres of park land. Olmstead’s Brookline home, a National Historic Site, preserves his design ideals and all his drawings and plans for hundreds of his parks. His home is undergoing refurbishing through 2010 but will reopen to the public in 2011. Visit www.nps.gov/frla for more info.
Trees for Watertown is a local organization concerned with maintaining and planting trees in Watertown. Their next meeting will be Thursday, January 21st at 7 p.m. They will meet at the architectural firm Sasaki Associates, 64 Pleasant Street, Watertown. For info contact Ruth Tomasian at 617-923-4563 or archives@projectsave.org (use TFW as subject.)
ALB Alert: The Asian Longhorn Beetle has been killing maple trees in the Worcester area. Infested trees are cut down and the wood destroyed.
To date the Asian Longhorn Beetle has not arrived in the Boston area.
For more information please visit www.pestalert@massnrc.org OR www.massnrc.org/PESTS/alb
For Children: lovers old & young of Dr. Seuss will enjoy visiting www.TheLoraxProject.comwww.TheLoraxProject.com
Originally published in the Jan. 2010 Village Newsletter.