Our SGN kids love tree planting season! We had fun in the field getting dirty. Our nephew & niece are experts on the tree planter. And our new grand-daughter got to experience her first tree planting. She fits right in. It sure has been a fun month growing kids with some trees along the way! ... READ the POST
Harvesting Big Autumn Blaze Maples!
Remember last fall when we had some gorgeous fall colors in our Maple block??? We dug those beauties today in the nursery. Here are a few pictures of before & after, along with some great video of how we harvest our SGN Trees. These trees are all specimen 3.5"-4.0" Autumn Blaze Maples. After ... READ the POST
Celebrate Arbor Day 2022!
ARBOR DAY 2022 IS FRIDAY APRIL 29! We started planting trees for Arbor Day with local schools 19 years ago when our daughter was a youngster at MVK Grade School. We had so much fun planting with the kids & teaching them about trees that the tradition has continued ever since. Every spring we ... READ the POST
SGN Trees at North Central College
On a gorgeous back-to-school fall day, I went back to college! This time it wasn't as a student or a parent, I was checking in on a multi-year project on campus where several of our SGN trees are growing. We have been growing trees for North Central College since 2017 as they have been pursuing ... READ the POST
The Catalpa Canopy of Carbon Hill
“We have honored and built on our past in order to take care of our future, to teach others to love what is their own, and to enjoy the small village particularly in civic minded events in our community park. The catalpas are a symbol of all that.” - Michele Micetich, President of Carbon Hill ... READ the POST
Happy Arbor Day! Let’s Plant in 2021!
ARBOR DAY 2021 IS FRIDAY APRIL 30! We started planting trees for Arbor Day with local schools 18 years ago when our daughter was a youngster at MVK Grade School. We had so much fun planting with the kids & teaching them about trees that the tradition has continued ever since. Every spring ... READ the POST
