It is always a delight to see the government do something good, and if you’re a bird, a bee or someone who cares about environmental sustainability, Root Nashville will make you smile. Metro and the Cumberland River Compact partner for the initiative that, according to the Root website, has planted more than 25,000 trees to date. Going neighborhood by neighborhood and working with residents, the city provides three free trees to anyone who wants them. And they’re good trees! The little gem magnolia that showed up in my driveway one March morning had a 2.5-inch caliper trunk — that would cost upwards of $300 in a nursery — and the two moonglow pear trees have really taken off this year. Our tree canopy is reaching crisis-level depletion, so it feels good to plant something and watch it grow — even if it’s alongside a massive live-work complex.
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