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Friends of the Oak Grove Cemetery
planted three new trees purchased with a Healthy City Fall River
micro-grant on October 25, 2008. The planting was part
a planting effort that added new trees to the Cemetery to replace
older trees. The Oak Grove Cemetery is
one of Fall River's treasures. Built in the mid-1800s, this cemetery was one of
the first to be modeled on the park-like design of the
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
in Cambridge. It affords wonderful walking paths in a natural setting that
is quiet and undisturbed. In order to continue to replace older trees, the Friends of Oak Grove Cemetery
used the micro-grant from Healthy City Fall and contributions from numerous
others to plant 18 new trees in 2008. For more information about the Friends
of Oak Grove Cemetery or the planting effort, contact
Michael L. Keane.
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(Top row) Members of the 2008 Tree Steward class and volunteers plant the first tree. (Middle row, left and right) Steve Medeiros, Susan McWeeney and Mike Keane check on the alignment of the sapling to ensure it's straight. (Middle row, right) Susan, Steve Medeiros and Tom Athern fill in soil around the root ball. (Bottom row) Steve Plasski, Tim Lockett and Brian O'Tool plant another tree. |
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