Trees & Flowers
Tivoli Tree Inventory
Tivoli Village is part of NY State’s Climate Smart Communities (CSC) program. The Program supports local governments in leading their communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to the effects of climate change, and thrive in a green economy.
The benefits of participating include leadership recognition, free technical assistance, and access to grants. To attain CSC certification at various levels (beginning with bronze, then silver, etc.), Tivoli’s CSC Task Force gathered documentation of activities that promote community climate resilience, which includes local forestry programs.
Tivoli’s Tree Committee conducted its tree inventory in 2023-2024. The updated inventory includes each municipally-managed tree’s location, site type, species, size, and condition. It also notes new trees that have been planted since the prior 2014 tree inventory. Members of the Tree Committee developed a Tivoli Tree Fact Sheet that summarizes the findings of the inventory and shares the benefits of trees for our climate and ecosystems.
The inventory, fact sheet, and a Tree Walk & Climate Talk held March 22nd, 2024, are all helpful in point-gathering toward CSC certification. The tree inventory will also be a great tool to track the location and condition of Village trees, help manage their health and care, and plan for future tree plantings.
Click on this inventory to see all six pages.
Fall tree planting 2017
The Tivoli Tree Committee and volunteers met on Saturday morning to plant two Leonard Messel Magnolia and one Royal Star Magnolia by the new bus stop area of Memorial Park.
Volunteer tree planters: Phyllis, Henry, Pete, Joel, and Dan.
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- The Mayor and long – time resident Jackie tagged one of the Leonard Messel trees for her Commemorative Tree.
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- Better than yoga
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- The trees were root bound
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- The roots smell of spice
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- Digging into lovely soil
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- The trees will get 20-25 feet high with beautiful pink and white spring blossoms
Volunteer
The Tivoli Green Committee and the Tree Committee often need volunteers to help with our various projects. Last year we planted daffodils around town. We also planted 10 new trees in the Park and on Montgomery Street.
There’s lots to do and we’d love to have you join us.
Sign up here and we’ll send you updates and announcements of what we’re up to and how you can join us.
All About Trees with Angelo Schembari
March 21 at 7PM
Tivoli Village Hall
Certified arborist Angelo Schembari will give a talk “All About Trees”
Tivoli Village Hall – March 21 at 7PM.
Topics he’ll cover:
***How to take care of your trees – and important techniques for watering, especially in drought circumstances.
**How to identify trees
**How to plant in our heavy clay soil
**The best trees for Village planting and our front yards
Bring all your questions. Should be a lively and informative talk. Free.
New trees planted
On Saturday, October 29th, we planted 11 new trees in Tivoli as part of our new Tree program. This included two Memorial trees that were planted in the park with celebration. Find out more about our Memorial Tree program here: http://tivoligreen.org/?p=187
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- New red oak in the park for shade
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- New ginko trees
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- New home for a tree
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- Purple robe locust planted 2015
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- Memorial Tree celebration
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- Volunteer tree planters
Volunteers needed: daffodil and tree planting
The Village of Tivoli Green Committee is holding a DAFFODIL PLANTING day on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 and volunteers are needed! If you’re interested, please meet behind Santa Fe at 10am, and bring your shovel or bulb driver. The village planted almost 1000 bulbs last year and they’re continuing the effort to make the village bloom in spring!
TREE PLANTING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
The Village of Tivoli Tree Committee is holding a tree planting day on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 and volunteers are needed! If you’re interested, please show up at the entrance to the Watts de Peyster village hall at 10AM. Bring a shovel and some work gloves. This is a great way to learn the proper steps for planting trees, so if this is something you want to learn more about, this is the activity for you!
Arbor Day 2016
Tivoli was just awarded 1000 bulbs from HVGA
We’re thrilled to receive this donation from the Hudson Valley Garden Association to plant these bulbs near the entrance to Tivoli.
50 Allium “Purple Sensation”
500 Grape Hyacinth
500 Daffodil “Dutch Master”
Thank you to ADR Bulbs of Chester, NY for their donation and to Rebecca Glembocki and Laura Wilson of http://www.hvga.org/
15 volunteers came together on Saturday AM, October 31 to plant the bulbs. Can’t wait until next spring!
Introducing the Tivoli Commemorative Tree Program
The Green Committee of Tivoli is pleased to introduce its new commemorative tree program, offering Tivoli residents a meaningful “green” way of marking a significant event or to honor a loved one. This program, modeled on others like it, allows residents to purchase a commemorative tree to plant, along with a dedication plaque, in a public space within the village of Tivoli.
The Village of Tivoli has identified a number of public spaces where trees could be planted, as well as consulted with a professional arborist to identify suitable tree varieties to be planted in each location, and we will be updating the Google map with further information about each of the sites as we work our way more fully through the Village streets and pubic areas. If you have any recommendations for a site you think would benefit from a new tree, please don’t hesitate to let us know at info@tivoligreen.org.
The cost of purchasing a commemorative tree is $350, which includes a dedication plaque, assistance from the Village Department of Public Works and the Tivoli Green Committee to prepare the site and plant the tree, and regular watering in the critical few weeks immediately following the tree’s planting.
If you are interested in finding out more, or would like to suggest a potential public site for a commemorative tree, please email info@tivoligreen.org
