If your children play in Willow or Pine Brook Parks, if you walk your dog through the streets of Larchmont, or take a moment to sit on the benches in Kane Park, you are already familiar with some of the activities that Parks and Trees Committee volunteers undertake each year. We help Larchmont maintain its status as a “Tree City,” which it has held for more than three decades.

Admiring the new trees on the Boston Post Road? Those are some of the street trees we plant annually to improve and sustain Larchmont’s tree canopy. You can be involved in identifying locations for street trees throughout the Village.

That new playground equipment in Woodbine/Willow Park and Pine Brook Park? Those changes were the result of partnerships between the Committee and neighborhood residents to improve the parks. You can be involved in future efforts to ensure that our parks are great spaces for everyone who uses them.

The Japanese maple with the bright red bark next to the Children’s Library entrance? That was planted during one of our annual Arbor Day celebrations. The children planted that tree as one of the educational events we’ve offered. You can be involved in helping our community learn more about its trees.

We meet at Village Hall at 9:15 a.m. on the second Thursday of every month, with the exception of July and August. Meetings are generally one-and-a-half hours. Time commitments, in addition to monthly meetings, are flexible and vary depending upon what projects you take on. This can range from a few hours a month up to eight hours a month when working on a large project, like a park renovation.

Please join us if you would like to preserve Larchmont as the Village “where the streets are named for trees”. Contact the Village Deputy Clerk, Brian Rilley, at deputyclerk@villageoflarchmont.org and let us know you are coming. We can’t wait to meet you!!

Co-Chairs
Toni Porter
Ann Mangone

Contact
Brian Rilley, deputyclerk@villageoflarchmont.org

Members
Matthew McMillan
Jill Patricot
Doris-Pat Smith
Lorraine Walsh, Board of Trustees Liaison
Kaaren Marcato, Beautification Committee Liaison