Speak for the Trees, an urban tree advocacy organization, joined with GreeningRozzie to lead their first street tree tour in Roslindale. David and Logan of Speak for the Trees showed us how to identify numerous street trees in our neighborhood, including little leaf linden, tree of heaven, elm, swamp white oak, pin oak, tulip poplar, cherry and London planetree. Many trees were old and massive, their glorious canopies providing shade for nearby houses. Here’s the route of the tour.
If you haven’t filled out the Tree Walk in Roslindale survey, you still can. Use the survey to identify other street trees in the neighborhood that you’d like to suggest for future tree walks.
We also learned that you can request a street tree through the City of Boston’s 311 app. In the app, choose New Report, scroll down to the Trees section, and choose New Tree Requests.
