Multiple evergreens recently planted on the property that used to be the entrance to the Kingston Utilities water treatment plant. Wartman/Patterson Park at the end of Sunny Acres.

There is a misconception about piling mulch around the base of newly planted trees protects them. While mulch is good for keeping the roots moist and nourished, if it is more than an inch it smothers the trunk base and they will die. Evidence are the trees that are dying in this same area, planted with way too much mulch at the base. Too much is not a good thing, in this case. The new trees planted are lovely but have a height of mulch that will eventually kill these trees. And that would be a waste of taxpayer’s money. Please advise staff and remove some of the mulch so these trees don’t die. Thankyou.