The Camden Garden Club is a strong supporter of efforts to plant trees in and around Camden. Most recently, in October, two Princeton Sentry ginkgo trees went in new sidewalk bump-outs at the downtown intersections where Mechanic and Chestnut streets meet Route 1.
The group of people who met to select and fund the sidewalk trees includes Camden Garden Club honorary member Beedy Parker. The Camden Garden Club Trees Committee continues ongoing work to plant more trees.
According to The Courier-Gazette, the trees were selected for their exceptional attributes:
“Ginkgos are the oldest surviving tree species on earth, estimated to have existed on the planet for 150 million years. These survivors are also highly valued for their ornamental qualities...The autumn gold ginkgo tree grows in a broad-spreading shape and the Princeton sentry grows in an upright, columnar form. Both cultivars are male and do not bear plum-like seeds, which would be a nuisance on a busy sidewalk. They can survive being planted in the typical square hole made in a sidewalk cutout, which is not ideal because tree roots grow horizontally.”
This Princeton sentry gingko planted within the new sidewalk bump-out at Chestnut Street and Route 1 in Camden is suited for narrow places. Photo by Susan Mustapich
Republished from The Courier-Gazette. Read the complete article.