Parks, Recreation & Forestry

Urban Forestry

Are you:

  • 13-17 years old or at least in 7th grade?
  • A resident of Greenville?
  • Interested in community serviced?
  • Inquisitive about community projects?

Then, we are interested in you!

Join our Youth Forestry Council to plan and implement urban forestry projects in our Greenville parks.  You will be guided by several leaders from town committees as you work as a team to make decisions.

If you are interested in making a difference in Greenville, join us at our next meeting or e-mail questions to parksrecforestry@townofgreenville.com. We accept new members at any time.  Our meetings are scheduled from 7p.m. - 8:30p.m. the third Monday of the month at Greenville Town Hall.

We have several ideas for projects from our last meeting, in addition to some tree planting for the Lion's Park and the new Field of Dreams park.

This event is partially funded through an Urban Forestry Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

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Saturday 5/30 Come Plant Trees With Us!

In Greenville, there is a new Youth Forestry Council led by local youth. The eight council members, ranging in age from 12 to 17 years old, volunteered on their own to help the Greenville community plan projects to add trees and flowers.  Funded by a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, this new council in 2008 has already begun planning and carrying out projects to help our environment.  They need volunteers of all ages to help them carry out their current project planting trees and flowers in Greenville Lions Park.  This is a great opportunity for any high school students to gain service hours as well as a chance for all ages to help out our community.  The planting is May 30th starting at 9:30am.  Just come or call 757-6746 or email urbanforestry@new.rr.com for more information or rain date.  Also, if a youth would like to join our council, we meet the third Monday of each month at the Town Hall at 7pm.  With your help, we can plant trees for future generations!


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Greenville wins another award!
And another!


It's the 2008 ISA Gold Leaf Award for "Outstanding Landscape Beautification Activity"!

And.....it's the "2008 Project Partnership Award" from the Wisconsin Urban Forestry Council!

Greenville has won BOTH of these awards for the substation project at the corner of Julius and Wisconsin Avenue. This project was completed by partnering with WE Energies and through grant funding from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Stone was donated by a local quarry to help commemorate the Yellowstone Trail. Led by Steve Nagy, this project provided a demonstration area to other Wisconsin towns on how to beautify a substation in their community.

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Urban Forestry...


... involves the planting and care of trees and shrubs in an urban setting.

This includes trees and shrubs in:

  • people's yards
  • public parks
  • existing natural areas
  • commercial landscapes
  • along streets & roadways

Why Trees?

Trees restore the air we breathe, provide shelter and sustenance to wildlife, delight our senses, and sooth our souls. Why not?

Greenville is a fast growing community. This means many farm fields have been converted to lawns. But wait! Why not plant a forest instead?

Would you believe that a bare farm field can be transformed into a wooded site in just a few short years?

 

An Invitation...


The Urban Forestry Board provides leadership to our urban forestry volunteers.

We invite you to contribute and benefit from working with your neighbors as we go about putting the green in Greenville.

You can get involved by:

  • becoming a volunteer on the board or for planting projects.  come to one of our meetings to see what we do.  We meet on the second Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall
  • request a speaker for your next civic or business meeting to inform others about how they can help plant more trees in our town
  • donate a memorial tree or bench along the recreational trail
  • donate towards the planting of more trees in our community
  • provide us with your suggestions or feedback

 

Greenville is a Tree City USA due to help of many local volunteers.