Restoring the Canopy
Hurricanes Matthew (2016) and Florence (2018) laid to rest fourteen gloriously aged oaks and decimated several fruit and flowering trees, including a beloved pomegranate and several dogwoods. We want them to rise again, just as majestically as the winds that blew them down.
We are replanting Live Oaks, Red Oaks, Laurel Oaks, Black Walnut, and Sycamore. Special thanks to Coastal Pender Rotary for a $6,400 grant to plant over 40 trees, hydrangea, and rose gardens in November 2021. Poplar Grove is also home to one of the oldest Osage Orange trees in southeastern North Carolina — roughly 50 ft tall with a 46 ft crown — and several Laurel Oaks over 150 years old.
Please consider joining our efforts to restore these canopies for the next generation. By donating your labor, your pennies and dimes, your seedlings, or your help today, you ensure a brighter, greener tomorrow.