{"id":29090,"date":"2019-10-21T10:43:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=29090"},"modified":"2019-10-21T10:44:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:44:05","slug":"state-nursery-has-trees-to-order-for-spring-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/10\/21\/state-nursery-has-trees-to-order-for-spring-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"State Nursery has Trees to Order for Spring Planting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Time is Now to Think Spring!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1485\/25159068932_5255dd4697.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of loblolly pine seedlings growing at state tree nursery\" width=\"366\" height=\"275\" \/>Orders are being accepted for the spring 2020 planting season for shrubs and trees from the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/nursery.dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John S. Ayton State Tree Nursery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, managed by the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trees benefit the environment as well as enhance natural habitats for birds, squirrels, and other wildlife. Almost all trees and shrubs available for sale are native, and many are also pollinator-friendly.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMany of our customers are individual landowners who enjoy adding trees to their property for beauty and conservation purposes,\u201d Maryland State Tree Nursery Manager Richard Garrett said. \u201cThe nursery seeks to provide exceptional customer service with high-quality seedlings at competitive prices.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The nursery offers more than 50 conifer and deciduous species each year, from loblolly pine to river birch, to meet a variety of aesthetic preferences and conservation needs. These shrubs and trees are ideal for buffer plantings, soil protection, watershed protection, wildlife habitat, or windbreak protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A minimum order of 25 seedlings per species is required. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/nursery.dnr.maryland.gov\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supplies are limited<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Time is Now to Think Spring! Orders are being accepted for the spring 2020 planting season for shrubs and trees from the John S. Ayton State Tree Nursery, managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Trees benefit the environment as well as enhance natural habitats for birds, squirrels, and other wildlife. Almost all<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/10\/21\/state-nursery-has-trees-to-order-for-spring-planting\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1965],"tags":[3916,3590],"class_list":["post-29090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","tag-john-s-ayton-state-tree-nursery","tag-native-trees"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29091,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29090\/revisions\/29091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}