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A state program is providing funding to several communities and organizations across the state for tree planting programs.

Westfield, Springfield and Holyoke land grants to help make for a better quality if life.

A statewide initiative to add trees to urban landscapes has seen thousands planted in former industrial centers — but it seems New Bedford is falling behind.

New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston received a $70,559 grant from Massachusetts’ Greening the Gateway Cities Program to plant 100 trees in Worcester and conduct outreach to residents, businesses, and non-profit organizations in the Main South, Grafton Hill, and Bell Hill neighborhoods.

Courtesy of Growing Places The Massachusetts Greening the Gateway Cities Program is an environmental and energy efficiency program designed to reduce household heating and cooling energy use by increasing tree canopy cover in Gateway Cities in Massachusetts, including Leominster.  Since 2018, more than 2,000 trees have been planted in Leominster by foresters from the Department of Conservation and Recreation and a crew of local foresters. It is important that these young trees are watered so they can grow and have the intended impact.  Recognizing the importance of this maintenance, Growing...