Second day at Toms Creek, Planting Trees

This is the second group planting trees at Toms Creek Park. The new tree samplings are now being spread about on the hill where we want to attract wild life and stop the erosion. We began with a small talk about the purposes of this event, an introduction to the combite and instructions of how to plant the new trees. We divided the volunteers in groups of two, and each planted about 4-7 trees per group. As evidences of the old dumping ground today we found two golf balls, a brush and other left overs of the trashy past.

 

Slide Show: Our students featured on the local paper

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Pic chosen by Blacksburg Parks and Recreation as their main pic.

These are some of the Virginia Tech students in the Issues in World History: The African Diaspora class volunteering on Arbor Day with the Blacksburg Town.

Here is a link to more info about this activity.

 

Arbor Day(s) or Combite 2013

Today (April 20-2013) we began with 2013 Arbor Day activities. The first group of students from this year’s class (Issues in World History: African Diaspora) planted the first trees– about 40 of them. We ended our planting with a trip to Carole Lee Donuts! This link for last year’s Arbor Day activities. As with other years, … Continue reading →