Callery Pear Buy-Back in Springfield

2630 N. Mayfair Ave.,Springfield MO 65803

26 April, 2022

Description

Hosted by the Missouri Invasive Plant Council, Forest ReLeaf, and the Missouri Department of Conservation. Cut down an invasive Callery pear tree, get an ecologically beneficial tree in exchange! When you register, select only one tree. We are excited by the enthusiastic response to this event and want to make the free tree offer accessible to as many people as possible. To spread awareness about how the invasive Callery (Bradford) pear tree (Pyrus calleryana) causes harm to economics and environment, the Missouri Invasive Plant Council, Forest ReLeaf, and the Missouri Department of Conservation are hosting their first Callery Pear Buy-back in Springfield. Participants are invited to cut down their Callery pear tree and submit a photo of it to the Missouri Invasive Plant Council. Forest ReLeaf and Forrest Keeling Nursery are donating the native/non-invasive trees to each participant to replace the invasive Callery pears. The offer is limited to one native tree per photo proof of one cut-down Callery pear. When you register, select only one tree.At checkout, you will be given a link to a separate web page to submit your photo. Participants are invited to pick up their trees from the MDC Southwest Regional Office from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Please go to the lower fenced lot past the main building. Click here for directions! Learn more about the Buy-back and the problems with Callery pear trees here. For further questions, please contact Jon Skinner via email at [email protected] or phone at (417)629-3434 ex. 4543.