Thanks to a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust, ShoreRivers is funding the planting of new trees throughout the city of Cambridge. Trees will be planted in areas that benefit the greater community: in front yards, alongsidewalks, or in local parks or community open spaces. ShoreRivers is actively seeking partners to help identi opportunitieswithin their neighborhood for planting street trees.
Trees provide proven benefits to people, animals, and the Choptank river. They shade our homes, cool the summer air of our city, soak up rainwater that might otherwise flood our streets, provide food and shelter for songbirds, capture pollution from the air, and return the oxygen that we breathe. Unfortunately, many of our streets are currently lacking a healthy tree canopy.
Trees dramatically change the livability of our streets. We envision a future where residents all across the city of Cambridge enjoy the beauty, shade and life of a tree.
Don’t have a lot of room? No problem – we will plant a tree that stays relatively small! ShoreRivers has curated alist of trees that are proven to work well in urban environments! We want to set you up for success, and that means planting the right tree in the right place.
ShoreRivers is committed to working with all communities, especially historically underserved communi ties, to plant trees that will shade their homes and mitigate flooding.
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