It is time to take the sweaters off the trees Columbus! Winter is finally over, the daffodils are blooming, it is time to take tree sweaters off. Arborists recommend tree sweaters be removed immediately as it is getting warm quickly in Central Ohio.
In an effort to make winter more comfortable some Columbus trees wore sweaters through the winter of '2009 - 2010.' Pictured wearing a colorful sweater is a tree on Cherryfield Ave., Columbus Ohio 43235 in Worthington Hills.
Nature Blogger Tom Arbour was instrumental in raising awareness to Columbus residents last fall that we were in for a hard winter and that a sweater could make a difference for a Central Ohio tree. In a Tree Sweater test program trees in the Worthington area in northern Franklin County wore sweaters, this past winter. The trees wearing sweater were primarily in the Worthington Hills area, west of the Olentangy River. The wooded ravines in Worthington Hills posed the largest challenge for tree sweatering.
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The future of tree sweaters in Columbus
Depending on what is in store for us next winter meteorologist Jym Ganahl plans to expand tree sweater awareness in 2010. Ganahl will use Twitter and Facebook in addition to his televised weather segments to get the word out to Central Ohioans that sweatering a tree is the responsible thing to do when a cold winter is in the forecast.
For now... Tree Sweaters
Winter is over. The forsythia is in bloom and while we could have three more snows Ganahl joins experts in saying it is time to take those sweaters off Central Ohio trees and store them for later this year. Stay tuned to the Channel 4 website for details on the 2010 Tree Sweater program and it's future.
2010 - 2011 Central Ohio Tree Sweater neighborhoods include:
- Asheville Commons
- Bluffsview
- Brookside Estates
- Brookside Village
- Brookside Woods
- Cambridge Place
- Clayton Place
- Colonial Hills
- Davis Estate
- Deer Creek
- Dupre Heights
- Elmwood
- Forest Ridge
- Hathaway Estates
- Hickory Grove
- Kilbourne Village
- Lakes of Worthington
- Lazelle Woods
- Lindsey Woods
- McAllister Crossing
- Medick Estates
- Morris
- Mount Air
- North Woods
- Northbridge
- Northbrook
- Old Worthington
- Olde Sawmill
- Oldstone Crossing
- Olentangy Highbluffs
- Olentangy Highlands
- Olentangy Hills
- Oxford Place
- Park Highlands
- Park Place
- Pinecliff
- Plesenton Place
- Potters Creek
- Ravens Glen
- Ravines at Deercreek
- Ravines at Worthington
- Ravines of Worthingridge
- Rush Creek
- School Side Village
- Seven Oaks
- Shaker Square
- Smoky Mill Estates
- Smoky Ridge Estates
- Smoky Ridge Village
- Smoky Row Manor
- Squirrel Hill
- Stilson Bluffs
- Stilson Highlands
- Stilson Village
- Stonegate
- Summerwood
- The Bluffs
- The Sanctuary
- The Village at Worthington
- Walden View
- Westbrook Place
- Western Hills
- Westworth Village
- Wilson Hill
- Wimberly Village
- Woodbridge Green
- Woods at Josephinum
- Woods of Worthington Hills
- Worthingridge
- Worthingrow
- Worthington Acres
- Worthington Crossing
- Worthington Estates
- Worthington Green
- Worthington Highlands
- Worthington Trace
- Worthington Village
- Worthington Woods
- Worthingview
- Worthingway
- Worthingwood
The Tree Sweater program may expand for the 2010 -2011 winter, is your neighborhood on that list? This list is Worthington area neighborhoods. Other Central Ohio neighborhoods are welcome to participate and sweater their trees as well. Your tree will stay warmer with a sweater.
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