Springfield Planting Goal Progress:
577 Trees Planted
Am I In The Zone?
Meet Your Local Foresters:
Joe Pellegrino
Education: M.S. in Environmental Conservation at University of Massachusetts Amherst; B.S. in Business Management at Champlain College.
Experience: ISA Certified Arborist; Urban Forestry; Volunteer organic farmer in Italy through the WWOOF program; Member of the Springfield Green Committee; Former board member of the ReGreen Springfield
Interests: Skiing, hiking, exploring the natural world!
Favorite Tree & Reason: My grandmother had an Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) that was low branched in the front of her home that my cousins and I would climb in when we were kids. The silver – blue tint is beautiful in contrast to the snow along with the peeling orange-red bark!
