OSU Extension Clermont County partners with multiple agencies to host Great Tree Summit in Clermont County.
Taking Root, a Greater Cincinnati reforestation campaign, will be hosting the 6th annual Great Tree Summit at the Clermont County Fair Grounds in Owensville, Ohio, on Saturday, February 23, from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
The event is free and open to the public, to the tree care industry and to all who are friends of trees, but donations are welcome. You may register for the event at the door beginning at 8:30.
There will be vendors, a silent auction, awards presentations, a panel discussion of tree issues in Clermont County as well as educational talks all morning on the importance of trees and how you can get involved in their conservation. There will be great networking opportunities with Taking Root partners, Board members and passionate leaders in the Tri-state area.
Cory Christopher with the Cincinnati Nature Center and Pat Greeson with Natorp’s will be the Keynote Speakers. Light refreshments will be provided by event sponsors Davey Resources Group and Natorp’s.
Taking Root was formed in 2013 and is a nonprofit organization serving the 8 counties of the Greater Cincinnati area including: Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren in Ohio; Boone, Campbell, and Kenton in Kentucky; and Dearborn in Indiana. Its mission is to plant 2 million trees in the Greater Cincinnati area (one for every person living in the region) to help combat the effects and threats of deforestation.
Taking Root provides educational resources to home owners and schools, as well as project funding such as mini grants to municipalities and communities for tree planting projects throughout Greater Cincinnati. The organization is able to provide these programs through generous funding from the Duke Energy Foundation, the National Arbor Day Foundation, the Otto M Budig Foundation, just to name a few, and from the very generous support of partner businesses and private individuals and groups.
For information, learn more about Taking Root at www.takingroot.info.