A Socially Engaged Tree Planting Action

100 Native Trees Planted, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

200 Trees Socially Engaged Tree Planting Action; Kehoe pointing out oak tree seed
Katie Kehoe pointing out oak tree seed
photo credit: Sierra Guard, Creative Services, GMU

As part of the exhibition, Atlantika Collective: Approaching Event Horizons, I facilitated a socially engaged tree planting action at George Mason University’s Fairfax Campus in Northern Virginia. With support from the Office of Sustainability, Mason Grounds, and The Patriot Green Fund, 100 native trees were planted.

Rappahannock Reforestation Site, GMU, Fairfax, VA

Readying Rappahannock Reforestation Site for tree planting, Fairfax, VA
mulch pre-distributed to ready for tree planting
seedlings distributed in buckets for each planting group
  • Doni Nolan, Greenhouse and Gardens Program Manager, GMU, Socially Engaged Tree Planting Action
    Doni Nolan, Greenhouse and Gardens Program Manager, GMU demonstrates how to plant a tree
  • Don Russell, Director of Exhibitions, GMU, Socially Engaged Tree Planting Action
    Don Russell, Director of Exhibitions, GMU speaks about the importance of art + sustainability initiatives
  • Katie Kehoe leading a socially engaged exercise, Socially Engaged Tree Planting Action
    Katie Kehoe leads the group in a socially engaged exercise
  • Participants work together to plant saplings, Socially Engaged Tree Planting Action
    Participants were assigned to planting groups and worked together to plant saplings

Buffer Strip Reforestation Site, GMU, Fairfax, VA

Planting saplings together, Socially Engaged Tree Planting Action
sapling planted
oak sapling planted
Watering sapling
planting a sapling
100th tree was planted! Socially Engaged Tree Planting Action
viewing the sapling through the protective tubing
saplings planted!
sapling planted!

photo credit: Sierra Guard, Creative Services, GMU

CONTACT ME to schedule a socially engaged tree planting action on your campus or property:

kt@katiekehoe.com