The new park is intended as an outdoor learning space.
Tree Fredericksburg, Hugh Mercer Elementary Partner to Create Patriot Park
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Virginia Bluebird Society Presentation Scheduled in Fredericksburg
Learn how to attract bluebirds to your yard, and keep them coming back.
Speakers Overwhelmingly Support Washington Avenue Mall Tree Plan
Additional public comment is being accepted through February 15, 2016.
City Schedules Forum to Tackle Washington Avenue Tree Dispute
Some residents of Washington Avenue are angry with Tree Fredericksburg.
Help Tree Fredericksburg Plant in April
By Anne Little, Tree Fredericksburg
What could be more rewarding than spending a few hours planting trees? Come plant trees with Tree Fredericksburg, learn new planting techniques and meet like-minded people in the community.
Volunteers are needed from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, and Saturday, April 26.
Meet at the corner of Caroline and Germania Streets, directly across from the entrance to Old Mill Park, 2410 Caroline St., Fredericksburg. We usually finish by 11 a.m., and you can plant even for an hour with us -– every effort helps.
Gallery: Planting with Tree Fredericksburg
Story and photos by Larry Faulkner
Volunteers worked with Tree Fredericksburg on April 26. The nonprofit headed by Anne and Carl Little is dedicated to restoring the urban canopy in Fredericksburg. Since its founding in 2008, Tree Fredericksburg has planted and maintained some 3,500 trees in the city.
Do Not Jeopardize Fredericksburg’s Future Financial Capabilities. Say No to Baseball.
An editorial by Fredericksburg resident Anne Little.
Editor’s Note: Read the comment at the end of the editorial for an opposing viewpoint.
Dear Friends:
Fredericksburg officials have been negotiating on a baseball stadium for over a year. The final negotiations last year resulted in a package that totaled $28 million dollars in cash, tax breaks and incentives to the Baseball Group (which is comprised of the former Hagerstown Suns and Diamond Nation) from the City.
Photos: City Council Hears from Diamond Nation, Citizens
By Robert A. Martin and Susan Larson
Fredericksburg City Council voted unanimously Tuesday evening to continue negotiations with Diamond Nation for a stadium complex that would host the Hagerstown Suns and provide space for amateur baseball and softball camps and tournaments.
Tree Fredericksburg Offers $1,000 Reward
By Susan Larson
Tree Fredericksburg is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons who have destroyed their plantings in recent weeks.
Vandals attempted to chop down a six-year-old Crabapple tree in the median at Washington Avenue and Lewis Street.
Anne and Carl Little, founders of Tree Fredericksburg, discovered the destroyed tree on Saturday morning, September 6. An axe was left at the scene, and police are processing it for fingerprints.
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