Help Washington Township
“Go Native”

The Washington Township Land Trust is creating a program to
reintroduce native trees to the local environment. To get this
started, we will need your help.

If we do this now, there will come a day when we can walk among American Chestnut trees, Persimmon Trees, and even meander through a Pawpaw patch. The choice of plant material to reintroduce is endless, but we plan to start with these few trees.

This year we will be planting the Pawpaw, next year the Persimmon, and the following year the Chestnut. Our first planting site will be the Mill Pond Park which is situated along the South Branch of the Raritan River in Long Valley; this 28 acre park is along Patriots Path and is easily accessible behind the old Welsh Farms property. If you would like to be part of “Going Native” we ask that you sponsor a tree or trees. Sponsors will be listed on our website and also in our LaTourette Grist Mill in downtown Long Valley.

To sponsor a tree, we request a donation of $35.00. The trees will be planted in appropriate locations throughout the park. The Pawpaw is highly deer resistant and we expect great success with this planting.

Please help us go native and consider sponsoring a Pawpaw. Contact Chris Steffan by e-mail at obadiah1750@hotmail.com or use the donation section of our membership/donation form.

Keith Hayes
President WTLT

First Pawpaw tree is planted in Mill Pond Park, Sunday July 12, 2009