Callery Pear Buyback/Recall Event--Lenexa, KS

17201 West 87th Street Parkway,Lenexa KS 66219

20 May, 2023

Description

Back by popular demand!! Cut down an invasive Callery pear tree, get an ecologically beneficial tree in exchange for FREE! Our friends at Evergy financially supported this event! All trees are sourced from Forrest Keeling nursery. To spread awareness about how the invasive Callery (Bradford, Cleveland Select, Chanticleer) pear tree (Pyrus calleryana) causes harm to economics and the environment, Evergy, Deep Roots, and our partners are hosting our second Callery Pear Buy-back in the Kansas City area and Northeast Kansas. Here's how to participate: Cut down a Callery pear tree on your propertyEmail a photo of the downed tree (with a person in it if possible) to [email protected]inish your registration on this site. Show up between 8:00 am and 11:00 am on 05/20/23 to pick up your free tree.The offer is limited to one native tree per household. When you register, you will be reserved ONE native tree. Available varieties include Serviceberry, Redbud, American Smoketree, Swamp White Oak, Bur Oak, Fragrant Sumac, and Baldcypress. Tree availability will be on a first-come, first-served basis. No reservations for specific trees. Participants are invited to pick up their trees during the Lenexa Farmer's Market & Fair on May 20, 2023 between 8:00 am and 11:00 am. Learn more about the Buy-back and the problems with Callery pear trees at this link . For further questions, please contact the event coordinator for this site at [email protected].