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Thank you to those of you who have renewed your membership for 2010. If you have not yet done so, please consider supporting us and the projects we continue to work on. You can find a membership application on the City of Fall River’s website:
We have a couple of projects planned for 2010 that we are very excited about and we expect to announce these within the next month or so. Stay tuned! The following is a brief update on what has transpired within the last few months: Memorial Tree Planting – On April 14th, FOG planted 6 trees with the assistance of FOG members, the Fall River Street Tree Planting Program and the Durfee High School Green Team. We were pleased to have 24 students from DHS participate in the event. Our next planting of 7 trees is scheduled for June 5th . Please consider participating this day as your assistance is welcome. Upon the completion of the June 5th planting, we will have reached a total of 42 new trees in Oak Grove! Pathmarkers – Diman has recently reported that the 10 new pathmarkers have been completed and will be off to the auto shop for painting. More news to follow. Facebook – FOG is now on Facebook. If you are already a member, please head on over to our page and consider becoming a “fan”. You will notice some photos have been posted of several FOG events. Facebook is a social networking site and a powerful tool which has helped to promote our group. If you know of someone who is on Facebook, please encourage them to become a fan as well. We currently have 80 fans and counting. Thank you all for your continued support!
History Underfoot III Tour The History Underfoot III Tour was a great success. The Fall River Garden Club, Fall River Historical Society and The Little Theatre of Fall River, Inc. did a wonderful job planning, organizing and executing the events of the day. We thank the organizers for inviting us to participate and to everyone who stopped by our booth to talk, donate and purchase calendars!
Healthy City Fall River FOG has applied for, and received, a $500 grant through HCFR for tree planting in the spring of 2010. We appreciate the continued support from HCFR and all the excellent work David Weed and his staff does throughout the year. Please take a moment to view the following link: http://www.gfrpartners.com/09OakGroveHistoryWalk.html
October 28 Artists and Fall River Natives Jim Charette and Mark Delisle present Boneyard, a series of paintings, prints, photography, music, video and more inspired by Oak Grove Cemetery. The gallery opening will be from 6-9PM on Wednesday, 10/28 at the Cherry & Webb Gallery, 139 South Main Street. Jim and Mark grew up on opposite ends of Oak Grove and attribute the formation of their life-long friendship to their old “stomping grounds”. As such, this cemetery holds a special meaning to both Jim and Mark. Both artists have generously agreed to donate a portion of the profits from the sale of their artwork to the Friends of Oak Grove. Please mark your calendar and consider attending this event and support these two local artists.
November 17 The Fall River Garden Club will host Invaders In Our Midst, an educational program on the damaging effects the Asian Longhorned Beetle has had on trees. Event will take place on November 17 at 9:30AM at the Union United Methodist Church, 600 Highland Avenue. A presentation will be made by Jennifer Forman-Orth, State Survey Coordinator with the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. The event is free and open to the public.
This summer, the city of Fall River is running a series of 45 minute trolley tours scheduled to highlight significant points of interest within the city. Among the destinations along the tour is Oak Grove Cemetery. Tour guides will provide visitors with a narrative of the cemetery’s historical importance and will recognize the impact FOG’s work is having on the cemetery. Tours are free and open to the public and we encourage you to attend. Although FOG played a small role in assisting the city in preparing the grant used to fund this project, there was considerable effort spent by the city and other volunteers in applying for this competitive grant. You can find more details at the following link:
- Inscription Survey: A survey form has been completed and we plan to begin recording headstone inscriptions soon.
- Fall River Street Tree Planting Program:
On Tuesday July 28th at 7PM in the 1st floor meeting room of the FR Library (Main Branch), the FRSTPP will be hosting a session on Tree Disease and Insects. FRSTPP has provided considerable support with our tree planting efforts. Hope to see you there!
- People, Inc.: Although we have had considerable rain of late, People, Inc. has provided us with a much needed service. Specifically, watering and caring for the 30 trees which FOG has planted over the past year. Our thanks to Bill Perkins and the fine folks at People, Inc.!
- Fall River Spirit: We’d like to once again extend our appreciation to reporter Bill Moniz for his efforts in getting our work recognized and for covering our May tree planting.
- Healthy City Fall River: David Weed, coordinator of HCFR, has developed another web page spotlighting our recent tree planting. Here is a link to the page: http://www.gfrpartners.com/09OakGroveTreePlanting.html
Arborist David Brodeur speaks while FOG members and tree stewards plant an October Glory Red Maple
A big “THANK-YOU” to all Friends of Oak Grove who came out to assist us with our latest planting of 10 new trees on May 9th. A special thank-you to Dave Jennings, Matt Keane, Mike LePage and Steve Medeiros for helping to move a number of trees to the cemetery. Here are are some photos taken during our recent planting. Hope you enjoy!Stay tuned for updates on several other ongoing projects including our path markers which are nearing completion.
Paul and Rhoda Lindo work on the installation of a new Pink Horse chestnut
Kwanzaan Cherry in bloom
Spring is officially here and, if you have not had the chance to, I encourage you to stop by Oak Grove as the trees are just starting to bloom.
Or, better yet, join us this Saturday May 9th at 9AM as we conduct our first planting event of the year to see first hand the changes we continue to make to this historic landscape.
We’ll have 11 new trees to plant. For those of you keeping track, this brings the total number of new trees we’ve planted in Oak Grove since May of 2008 to THIRTY!
If you have a shovel, please bring one along. If you are not able to lift anything heavy, we do need assistance mulching and welcome your help. We plan to meet at the main gates on Prospect Street.
Hope to see you there!
Please click on these links to read the article in today’s Herald News.
http://www.heraldnews.com/town_info/history/x1565510740
http://www.heraldnews.com/town_info/history/x1565510740?view=pop&photo=3
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