Whidbey Watershed Stewards has nearly 100 young potted Douglas Fir trees for sale. They have been nurtured for the past year in what we call our little home nurseries. These are healthy 3-4 foot trees. We are asking for a minimum $10 donation for each potted tree. The funds will be used to help us continue to work on stewardship and restoration of the Freeland Wetland Preserve and other stewardship projects.
Think about planting a tree for our environment. Perhaps use the potted tree decorated for the season on your patio or deck. Then after the holiday plant the tree. If you do not have a place to plant the tree, you probably know someone who has a place, and the potted tree would make a wonderful, thoughtful gift. Fall and early winter are the best times to plant trees. This gives them the winter months to grow good root systems and be generously watered by our winter and spring rains.
Whidbey Watershed Stewards were generously donated about 225 Douglas Fir saplings by Sievert Rohwer and Barb Schiltz for use to plant and restore the native trees at our properties. Since last spring we have planted over 150 trees, mainly at the Freeland Wetland Preserve and the Maxwelton Outdoor Classroom to replace trees that have either come down or been removed due to age or rot.
Please order by December 20th. We are providing a link below for you to order and pay for the potted Douglas Fir below. If you are not paying online, please email us at stewardship@whidbeywatersheds.org and let us know you will paying onsite (cash or check).
Whidbey Watershed Stewards will have the trees at the Freeland Wetland Preserve on Saturday, December 21, from 10AM to Noon.
(If you cannot make the pickup time, please contact us with your email and phone number and we will arrange another time.