Volunteer Dan Morse digs holes for trees.

The Factoryville Shade Tree Commission celebrated Arbor Day on Monday, April 20th, students from Lackawanna Trail High School planted 4 trees and helped us celebrate our 10th year of being recognized as a Tree City USA community.

Volunteers needed to help keep Christy Mathewson Park Beautiful!

Gardens at Christy Mathewson Park are cared for by volunteers.

If you are interested in helping to maintain our park, please call the borough hall office at 945-7484 extension 3 for The Shade Tree Commission and leave a message that you are interested in adopting a garden to apply mulch which is provided by the shade tree commission and to keep out all the weeds. We will call you right back with all of the details!

Families that adopt a garden get their name on the garden and lots of thanks from the Shade Tree Commission.....

Thank you to our adopt a garden families.
The park is maintained by volunteers and we really appreciate your
help with keeping our park beautiful and weed free.

Volunteer Your Time

If you might be able to help with any of the Shade Tree Commission
projects, e-mail us at shadetree@factoryville.org

Keystone College Student Center helps mulch trees and gardens, Spring 2004

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E-mail Liz Ratchford or call the borough hall at 945-7484 extension 3

Make a donation

Your financial support would also be greatly appreciated.
If you would like to make a donation, please contact Mary Ellen
at the Borough Hall building. Your charitable contributions are
tax deductible.

Vinnie Cotrone of the Penn State Cooperative Extension held a tree pruning seminar Spring 2004, attendees learned proper pruning techniques.

Shade Tree Float Christy Mathewson Day Parade 2003

"COLLEGE AVENUE BLOOMING INTO ACTION"

Shade Tree Float 2004

"TREES ARE OUR TREASURE"

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FACTORYVILLE SHADE TREE COMMISSION MEETINGS:

The next meeting of The Factoryville Shade Tree Commission will be
Friday, September 3, 2010 at 2 p.m.
Factoryville Borough Hall Building,
161 College Avenue, Factoryville.

This will be our meeting for August, due to vacations of our commission members the meeting date had to be changed to one week earlier.

Agenda will include the following:
1) Discussion of permit applications for any tree pruning, removals, or planting along the right of ways of Factoryville Borough.

2) Begin planning for Fall Tree Plantings.

3) Discuss the ongoing tree assessments for all borough streets. If you have a tree you are concerned about along the streets of Factoryville please contact the Shade Tree Commission at 945-1014.

Tree watering information for the week of August 1st - August 8th, 2010:

We got 0.4" of rain last week, please give each new tree 12 gallons of water.

We are still several inches below normal rainfall for the spring and summer, the rain we do get evaporates quickly... trees really need to be watered weekly. Many of the new trees are showing signs of stress and we have had several trees die. Please give each new tree 20 gallons of water this week.

It has been a really dry, hot spring and summer. If you have not been watering your trees this spring and summer, we are down several inches of rain. Please water your new trees.

If you would like a Gator Bag watering system for your new trees please contact the Shade Tree Commission at 945-1014 and we can get you the bags and show you how to use them to water your new trees.

Watering these new trees is needed and the best thing you can do to make sure the trees survive the transplant shock.

New trees need to be watered weekly for the first two years from spring until late fall unless we get an inch of rain.

This site last updated: July 31, 2010

Arbor Day was celebrated this year on April 25, 2008 at 3 pm. Factoryville Girl Scout Troop #60 planted a tree in the new parking lot on College Avenue.

Science students from Lackawanna Trail Elementary Center planted four trees for Arbor Day in 2007.

Mayor Gary Evans proclams it Arbor Day in Factoryville. Factoryville received its Tree City Designation for the 8th year. Factoryville also received its 6th Growth Award for Outstanding Urban Forestry.

Christy Mathewson Park, Factoryville PA

Factoryville Shade Tree Commission meetings are held on the first Friday of the month at 2 p.m. at the Factoryville Borough Hall Building. Public welcome.

Pictured below Arbor Day-- April 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. Boy Scouts planted two trees. Mayor Gary Evans proclaimed it as Arbor Day in Factoryville, and Forester Jim Kessler awarded Factoryville our Tree City Designation for the 7th year.

TREE ORDERS:

Arbor Day 2005

Factoryville celebrated Arbor Day on Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 1 PM at 53 Lindley Avenue. Factoryville Girl Scouts planted a tree, Mayor Gary Evans proclaimed it Arbor Day. Factoryville received its Tree City Designation for the 6th year.

The Shade Tree Commission plants and maintains trees along the Borough streets and public rights-of-way, and in municipal open space.

Our mission is to create and maintain optimum tree cover, species diversity, and a pleasant, planned environment. Promoting an effective community forestry program as an ongoing process of renewal and improvement. A program of tree planting and care that continues through the years creating community pride and involvement.

If you have a tree along the right of way that you are concerned about, please let The Shade Tree Commission know. You can call the Borough Hall building and leave a message at 945-7484.

FACTORYVILLE BOROUGH
WYOMING COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ORDINANCE #341

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SHADE TREE COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR PERMITS, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE PLANTING, MAINTENANCE, PROTECTION AND REMOVAL OF TREES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; AND, PROVIDING ENFORCEMENT AND CREATING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE.

Or for more information on The Factoryville Shade Tree Commission visit other pages within the Shade Tree Commissions website.....

Welcome to Factoryville, Pennsylvania

Getting involved with The Factoryville Shade Tree Commission is easy.... Volunteers are always needed, please consider helping out and keeping Factoryville beautiful.