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Tree planting event kicks off series of sessions on plants providing food on public land

by Geoff Fox

Members of Wild Potomac and volunteers from the community gathered in Widmeyer Park last Saturday, April 18, to plant a variety of trees and shrubs near Little Tonoloway Creek, road, and the town pickleball courts.

Twelve volunteers helped plant nine bark shrubs, black aronia, yellow bud hickory, wild black cherry, burr oak, and red bud.

Those plants are native to this area of Maryland and have evolved here, and are trees that…