Visit the MarpleNewtownPatch online to read about an exciting October 8, 2011 event in Newtown Square where friends and family of St. Anastasia’s Cub Pack 315 and Boy Scout Troop 315, joined forces with Newtown Township’s EAC (Environmental Advisory Committee) members and tree expert Steve Aardweg of Aardweg Landscaping at Episcopal Academy to plant 60 trees. This event was part of the initiative by Pennsylvania’s TreeVitalize to plant one million trees by 2014.
TreeVitalize is a southeastern Pennsylvania organization created in 2004 to battle the depletion of trees in Pennsylvania’s metropolitan areas. The goals of TreeVitalize, a partnership of public and private parties, are to:
- Help restore tree cover
- Educate citizens about planting trees as an act of caring for our environment
- Build capacity among local governments to understand, protect and restore their urban trees
From the TreeVitalize website, “ …TreeVitalize already has achieved its goal of planting 20,000 trees in that five-county region. In spring 2008, TreeVitalize expanded to the Pittsburgh region; by the end of 2009, it was launched in metropolitan areas statewide. Tree-lined streets make communities look great, and they also clean the air, provide shade to cool buildings and paved areas, increase property values and help control stormwater. With its expansion statewide, TreeVitalize hopes to plant one million trees across the Commonwealth in the next five years.”
Aardweg Landscaping of Newtown Square has done its fair share of tree planting during the 35 years it has been in business along the Philadelphia Main Line. Aardweg landscapers have designed and installed scores of fine gardens, selectively completing many designs which incorporate new trees, plants and shrubs into the southeastern Pennsylvania landscape.
For Main Line garden owners visiting local garden and nursery centers for landscaping, hardscaping, gardening, landscape design, and flower garden design ideas – contact Steve Aardweg at Aardweg Landscaping. For more than 35 years, Steve has been taking simple gardening ingredients such as mulch, organic mulch, soil, stones; and plants and trees of every type, and created fine designs in Chester County, Malvern, Exton, West Chester, Paoli, Phoenixville, East Goshen, and West Goshen, Pennsylvania neighborhoods. For more information about the Aardweg Landscaping process, visit the Aardweg Landscaping website, or contact usby phone at 610-355-0703.
Longwood Gardens Presents Festive Christmas Fountain Shows in the Open Air Theatre – Set to Holiday Music! 
From the website: “Throughout the Christmas season, dancing fountain shows are set to holiday music once every hour from 10:00 am–3:00 pm. From 3:30–closing, shows run frequently, with a 5 minute delay between each show. Evening shows illuminate the night with vibrant colors and a glittering backdrop of snowflakes.” For more information about a visit to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA go to the Longwood Gardens website.”
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