A very special Thank You to Queen Village Neighbors Association (IG: @qvnaorg) for awarding Spring and Fall 2023 Community Grants to the Friends of Jefferson Square!
The combined $3,900 grant totals covered partial costs for two days of work towards tending to our historic trees, with FoJSP contributing $1,000 to the effort. Crew 7 at Liberty Tree & Landscape Management (IG: @libertytree_landscapemgmt) added a third day pro-bono. Work included culling out dead wood, taking weight off of heavy limbs at risk of tearing or falling, and improving pedestrian safety.
While Liberty was doing their work, one of our volunteers with Friends of Jefferson Square Park spent those three days doing winter pruning, general landscaping, and removing Spotted Lanternfly eggs. 
Thank you again for the Spring and Fall 2023 QVNA Community Grant Program for this wonderful opportunity for us to keep our park green and healthy! And a special thank you for the team at Liberty Tree and Landscape Maintenance for getting us off on a great start to 2024!
And thank you to everyone who volunteers to help us maintain the park! Want to help out? Come and join us on the second Saturday of each month (starting up in March) with park clean-up and general maintenance.
