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Planting Tree Seedlings in Hague Nature Preserve
How did we celebrate Earth Day 2026? Tree Planting at Hague Nature Preserve on Saturday, April 25. The preserve was an Earth Day Columbus service site. Volunteers planted 1,774 trees!
Bare-root Trees Donated by Green Columbus
Identifying the Parts of a Bare-root Tree
Identifying the Root Collar of a Just-Planted Tree
Volunteers arrived with smiles and enthusiasm to plant about ten species of native trees, helping our efforts to reforest an area west of Sycamore Creek in Hague Nature Preserve. Tim, Greg, Tammy, and David provided helpful planting tips-n-tricks and explained how to identify the root collar on a bare-root tree. Then, everyone grabbed gloves, shovels, trowels, and seedlings, and got to work!
Check out more photos of the day, below.
Many, many thanks to everyone involved:
- Green Columbus
for donating the trees planted during this event and providing shovels and gloves - Pickerington Lions Club
for organizing Pickerington Earth Day activities - Combustion Brewery & Tap Room
for being the check in location and providing drink tokens to volunteers - GSA Troop 7210, Pickerington
for planting trees - GSA Troop 7141, Pickerington
for planting trees - American Heritage Girls Troop OH-1820, Seton Parish
for planting trees - All Other Individuals
who helped with tree planting - David Hague from Coyote Run
for drilling the planting holes so our tree planters did not have to dig them! - The Tietje Family
for coming out in force for tree planting, ongoing support, and the recent addition of four acres to Hague Preserve - The Scofield Family
for providing extra shovels, planting trees, and ongoing support - Michelle Hill
for dropping off extra shovels - Tim Krumlauf, Jim Osborn, and Tom DeGeeter
for helping our tree planters - Tim Krumlauf
for providing a tent and traffic cones - Greg B, friend and neighbor
for helping with corporate sponsors, picking up donations, and ongoing support - Jeff, Marla, and the Baker Family
for the use of their UTV - Meijer (Canal Winchester)
for providing shovels used during the event - Sheetz on Diley Rd
for providing fruit cups - Harper McDonald’s on Busey Rd NW
for sandwiches, fries and drinking water - Keller Farms Greenhouse
for drinking water - Columbus Equipment Company (Canal Winchester)
for ball caps and cozies
Hague Nature Preserve, a Service Site for Earth Day Columbus
Shovels provided by Meijer, Green Columbus, and others!
Greg, Volunteer and Friend, Helping – as always!
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“Tree Planting at Hague Nature Preserve”
(April 25, 2026)
