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What is Arboretum Detroit and why are they planting giant sequoia trees in the heart of the city? Join Andrew “Birch” Kemp, Co-Founder/Co-Director, and Gianna Holiday, Arb crew member, as they answer these questions and more about the Arboretum Detroit project in Detroit.Arboretum Detroit is a Non-Profit organization dedicated to building and maintaining in perpetuity an internationally recognized arboretum spanning the city and inspiring visitors with the love and stewardship of trees.
Arboretum Detroit is populating the ready frames of Detroit’s abandoned urban blocks with stands of trees. Groves of trees demonstrate the contours and characteristics of a specific species. This patchwork of forest laid over the history of city blocks grows a quilt of protected forest that will safely mature in perpetuity for all Detroiters. They are planting trees based on future climate change ranges and planting giant sequoias.
A primary goal of Arboretum Detroit is environmental consciousness; the goal is to be moved to think about our connections to the environment, its effects on us and our effects on it.
Arboretum’s mission is to demonstrate reforesting Detroit’s landscape with stands that exhibit the form and diversity of trees, educating about the cultural, ecological, aesthetic and economic role that trees play in our lives locally and globally.
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