Hi all you greener cleaner city lovers! Denise here to tell you we had our fundraising party for TreeBaltimore at AVAM Wednesday night (April 2nd) and it was amazing! We heard from these great speakers:

Tom Stosur, Assistant Deputy Mayor of Baltimore, who was impressed with the Urban Forest Project’s collaborative success and it’s relevance to the Mayor’s new Sustainability commission’s efforts
Mark Randall, the founder of the original Urban Forest Project in NYC shared his excitement at how we took his seed of an idea and grew it into a tree via our community stewardship approach
Myra Brosius the coordinator of Tree Baltimore (beneficiary of the Urban Forest Project) talked about our success raising awareness for their campaign
Maryland State Delegate Jon Cardin spoke about the value of our initiative and its relationship to Baltimore and Maryland leading the nation as a green state

A HUGE thank-you for the generosity of our sponsors whose donations made the evening wildly successful! Please click here to the “Plant Our City Green” party page to see all these amazing businesses and let them know how much you appreciate their support of this great initiative.

A great shot of the crowd and the digital banner display:

Click here to check out the photos of the event, taken by Emily Ellickson-Brown!

NEXT is “GROW” on April 12th!!! The Opening Exhibition for Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project takes place on the Johns Hopkins University Beach (corner of 33rd and N. Charles) from 12 - 6 pm! Please click here to learn more about this kick-off event!

Danny here!

I wanted to share that the banners are going up steadily all over the city! Right now you can see a selection of the banners along Mt. Royal Avenue near MICA’s Campus, and also up Charles Street near Johns Hopkins Campus and Wyman Park Dell. Here are a few images of the banners on Charles street! Enjoy! Do you want to get an exclusive look at all the banners, enjoy some great food & drink, and bid on some amazing silent auction items? RSVP TODAY for our April 2nd Gala at the American Visionary Art Museum.

Please join us on Wednesday, April 2 from 7p to 10p at AVAM’s Sculpture Barn. Tickets are $45 online in advance and $55 at the door – all proceeds benefit TreeBaltimore. The theme is “Plant our City Green!” This party will elegantly celebrate the sustainable life – nature and people alike. Enjoy live music, scrumptious appetizers, delicious drinks and an eco-inspired silent auction. Guests will be able to bid on green lifestyle products and experiences that nurture our bodies and minds, like renewing spa moments and amazing restaurant meals. In addition, guests are automatically entered in a raffle that evening, and we will announce one Grand Prize winner (concept and contents still being developed)! We have several speakers scheduled: Senator Cardin, Mark Randall (Urban Forest Project founder) and city representatives (TBD).

Click the image above and RSVP today!

Hi all! Danny here. I’d really like to thank everyone who came out to Red Maple last night for the Mix & Mingle. It turned out to be a great success!

Everyone here really appreciates the community response we’ve gotten so far for this project and we hope the sky’s the limit in the coming months.

Below is a little grouping of images from last evening. Enjoy!