A very special Thank You to Queen Village Neighbors Association (IG: @qvnaorg) for awarding a Fall Community Grant to the Friends of Jefferson Square!

The $4,700 grant covered the costs for two days work towards tending to our historic trees. Crew 7 at Liberty Tree & Landscape Management (IG: @libertytree_landscapemgmt) added a third day and extra staff 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 and removing Spotted Lanternfly eggs.

Thank you again for the Fall 2022 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 2023!

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.