The planting of trees was part of the Village’s development back in the 1930s. I came across a document that identified original tree plantings in Greenhills. I compiled a list from that document which you can view below. It is fun to look at the list and compare it to the trees you see growing along your street. Many of our original trees are still surviving but we continually supplement the original inventory with new trees to insure we always have our beautiful tree canopy for future generations.
Planting strategies have improved over the years. For example, we no longer plant just one type of tree along a particular street as done originally. We diversify the selection just a bit to be sure we do not have a total loss of tree coverage as we did – for example – along Gambier with the Emerald Ash Borer disease. We no longer plant within 10 feet of a driveway, or within 20 feet of another tree.
Below is the original planting list that was used in the Village.
Adelle Walk None listed
Alcott Lane Red Maple
Alcott Park Red Maple on outside of park, plus Honeylocust and Norway Maple inside
Andover Rd American Elm and Pin Oak
Ashby St Ash, any species
Avenell Ln Ash, any species
Avenell Park Japanese Cherry on outside of park, Swamp White Oak on inside
Bachman St Pin Oak
Belknap Pl Pin oak on outside of park, Ornamental crabs on inside
Bradnor Pl Norway maple
Briarwood Ln Japanese cherry
Brompton Ln Ash, Sweetgum in circle
Burley Circle Sugar Maple, with replacements of American Elm and Pin Oak
Burnham St Norway Maple
Chalmers Ct Sweetg um
Chalmers Ln Swamp White Oak
Cromwell Rd Sugar Maple, with replacements of American Elm and Pin Oak
Damon Rd Sugar Maple, with replacements of American Elm and Pin Oak
DeWitt St Norway Maple
DeWitt Ct Scarlet Oak, plus some American Elm
Drummond St Texas Oak – any variety
Enfield St Red Oak on north side of shopping center
Londonplane in rear of shopping center
Sugar Maple, with replacements of American Elm and Pin Oak in front of community building
Eswin St Sugar Maple, with replacements of American Elm and Pin Oak in front of Commons
Londonplane in front of shopping center
Falcon Ln Ash, any species of Fraxinus)
Farragut Rd Sugar Maple, with replacements of American Elm and Pin Oak from Winton to Flanders, then Sophora from Flanders to Hadley
Flanders Ln Sugar Maple
Foxworth Ln Scarlet Oak
Funston Ln Sugar Maple
Flanders/Funston Circle Sweetgum
Gambier Circle Ash
Hadley Rd Thornless Honeylocust
Ingram Rd Sugar Maple, with replacements of American Elm and Pin Oak
Jack Molloy Ln Pin Oak or Scarlet Oak
Winton Rd Pin Oak from south border to Cromwell
Sugar Maple, with replacements of American Elm and Pin Oak from Cromwell to Damon
Thornless Honeylocust from Damon to Sharon