The West Chicago Garden Club

Trees! Trees! Trees!

By Christina Covarrubias

The talk around the Kruse Garden this past winter has been trees. A failing Douglas Fir, that may or may not have been originally planted by the Kruse family, met its demise with a scheduled removal on the very last day of winter. 

When the big day arrived Kerry Perry kindly snapped photos of the tree removal so we all could see the action. An additional tree was trimmed with a moon-landing-like lift. Finally, a damaged pear tree was assessed and predicted to fall with the next big wind storm -which happened to occur that night. Does anyone recall the weather on the first day of Spring with high winds and snow? See photos of the rotted and fallen pear tree. 
Among other lovely tree specimens such as a gingko, weeping evergreen, Dawn redwood, serviceberry, redbud, oak, one pear tree remains circa Bertha and Celia Kruse era.  Picking out new trees, new species, perhaps a native or tree that borders a state further south (as our climate shifts) will be the silver lining to losing our trees.

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