Connection, Purpose, Progress- MCS-BSU Innovation Summit

Participants will learn about the successful planting of trees with student groups at Muncie Central during Civics Day / Week since 2023 and with the Grissom Student Council in 2026.  All of the steps will be described including identifying appropriate locations, requesting utility markings, selecting and obtaining tree seedlings native to East Central Indiana, preparing the appropriate tools and materials, planting the trees appropriately with maximum student involvement, installing protective fencing to keep critters from chewing on the trees, and a maintenance schedule to ensure the tree is appropriately, mulched, watered, weeded, and pruned until established.  All of the actual materials used in the plantings will be physically brought to the session.  Weather permitting, I would like to bring participants out to see a few of the nearby trees that we have planted.