The Moon Tree

In Astronaut Stuart Roosa was on the Apollo 14 Moon mission, but before being an astronaut he had served as a firefighter for the Forest Service. The Forest Service asked him to help in a little experiment — to bring tree seeds into space to see if they would germinate once back on Earth. Roosa was happy to oblige and brought hundreds of tree seeds, comprised of five varieties, on a ride to the Moon. While in orbit, the capsule containing the seeds ruptured, but remarkably the seeds still popped when back in Forest Service hands.

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The seedlings were spread around the world, just in time to commemorate the Bicentennial. In it was dead but soon replaced with another seedling — this time a clone from clippings of the original Moon Tree.

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The Forest Service, on hand for the replanting ceremony, reported plans to recycle the old sycamore into signs and plaques that will remain in Washington Square Park. Also buried here are victims of the Yellow Fever epidemic of the late 18th century. You can find out more about them here , here and here. Tree is no longer there! But you can still see the rock and plaque. Sign up for our newsletter and get the best of Atlas Obscura in your inbox.

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Stuart Roosa was born on 16 August , in Durango, Colorado. He worked for the Forest Service in the early 's as a smoke jumper fighting fires and later joined the Air Force and became a test pilot. He was one of 19 people selected for the astronaut class of and was part of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 9. Following Apollo 14, Roosa was backup command module pilot for Apollo's 16 and He then worked on the Space Shuttle program until his retirement as a Colonel in the Air Force in , the time when many of his trees were being planted.

Sadly, Stuart Roosa passed away in December, The Moon Trees continue to flourish, a living monument to our first visits to the Moon and a fitting memorial to Stuart Roosa. Believed locations of some Moon Trees are listed below, but no list was ever kept nor any systematic tracking made of the disposition of all the trees. If you know of a Moon Tree, please send a message to dave. Campanella is a former president of the Professional Lawncare Association of America now merged into the Professional Landcare Network.

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They did report that Lawn Dawg services 15, customers through its four branches. In announcing the transaction, Campanella revealed their intention to grow through acquisitions: For independent lawn care businesses, Lawn Dawg may represent an opportunity to join a recognized leader in the industry without compromising the basic values we all seem to share — - outstanding customer service, employee loyalty, and deep respect for the environment.

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Although the slowing economy is reflected in the Inc. Since the company's start in , Arborwell has grown at a staggering rate. Between the years and , Arborwell grew A combination of aggressive marketing along with up-selling existing customers has expanded the company's territory across northern and central California. Arborwell continues to grow and develop new business in all three of its office locations in the Hayward, Sacramento, and San Diego regions. Arborwell's team of ISA-certified arborists studies each tree's overall system to ensure longevity and vitality from the ground up.

Arborwell offers tree pruning, removal, preservation, installation, plant health services, and arborist consultations to contractors, commercial property managers, golf courses, municipalities, and residential properties. The company has been performing landscape installation and maintenance services in the Huntsville area for the last year from its Gainesville office. The Huntsville operation is being run by Wade Harmening and his staff.

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Harmening has more than 20 years of experience in landscape, maintenance and nursery operations. The company focuses on the maintenance and installation of commercial landscapes and residential gardens and provides services such as irrigation systems, cisterns, outdoor lighting and custom water features and stone work.

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