tree planting poster pdf
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The Flying Pig Marathon, Taking Root, & Xavier
University’s Collaborative Partnership
…Planting for the future!
Taking Root is a grassroots organization originally convened by the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical
Garden, The Green Umbrella, The Green Partnership of Greater Cincinnati, and OKI, Regional
Council of Governments, and now consisting of many other partners. Its goal of planting one
tree per person (two million) in the Tri-state by 2020, and more trees beyond, is designed to
draw attention to our region’s tree canopy crisis due to emerald ash borer and other causes and
to remind the community of the many benefits of trees.
Xavier University and The
Flying Pig Marathon’s
sustainability pioneer Denise
Hovey celebrate their
partnership with Taking Root
appropriately, with a ceremonial
tree planting in Friendship Park,
March 25th, 2015. Xavier’s own
students are present, as officials
from both Taking Root and The
Flying Pig Marathon
congregate to celebrate a
milestone partnership…
…The ceremonial planting marks the beginning of
a lasting partnership with plans for continued
growth; for the largest ever tree planting on
national “Make a Difference” day (October 25th,
2015), more uniting partnerships between such
compatible organizations, and “26 Trees for 26
Miles”, a program involving the planting of at
least 26 trees each year through coordination with
17 different local Cincinnati neighborhood.