Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and Friends of Garfield Park hosted a tree planting program Saturday at the park, where nearly 240 volunteers, including the University of Indianapolis football team and coach Bob Bartolomeo, planted 175 trees.
Before manning their pick axes, shovels and wheelbarrows on a chilly morning, the volunteers were treated to donuts from Kroger, coffee from Dunkin Donuts and trowels from the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.
The event is one of nearly 40 that KIB participates in annually, the result being nearly 2,500 trees planted.
Before manning their pick axes, shovels and wheelbarrows on a chilly morning, the volunteers were treated to donuts from Kroger, coffee from Dunkin Donuts and trowels from the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.
The event is one of nearly 40 that KIB participates in annually, the result being nearly 2,500 trees planted.
SOUTHSIDER VOICE PHOTOS BY B. SCOTT MOHR While receiving instructions on how to plant a tree from Keep Indianapolis Beautiful’s Anye Carson (right), the volunteers watch UIndy football coach Bob Bartolomeo as he uses a pick ax to break up rocky soil.
Eliana (left) and Savanah Campbell, daughters of KIB’s Danielle Campbell, took some time away from their plating “duties” to play in the dirt.
This crew featured Jerry Kitchen, Kevin Dilk, Christie Kitchen and Lantz McElroy.
UIndy football players (from left) Spencer Roise, Luke Rowell, Jordan Bedan, Joe Zumpano and Bre’don Nickoson had never planted a tree, but they were more than willing to give it a shot.