Knecht’s will provide trees at half price.  As a sponsor of a tree for Northfield City parks, you pay the other half of the cost (see chart below).  City staff will select planting sites.  You get the satisfaction of knowing you’ve helped make us a stronger and more beautiful community, and can enjoy watching these trees grow more majestic with each passing year.

Your cost of sponsorship – choose the size/price for the tree(s) you wish to donate.     

                                             Tree Only             Tree & Planting 

#3 Container – 3′-6′              $20.00                 $40.00

#7 Container – 5′-8′               40.00                    80.00

#15 Container – 8′-12′           60.00                  120.00

2 1/2″ B&B – 10′-16′              150.00                 300.00

City Staff will choose from the following tree varieties -   Maple, Oak, Hackberry, Linden, Honeylocust, disease resistant Elm, Coffeetree, Birch, Tree Lilacs & Flowering Crabs.  The City Staff will also choose planting sites on City Property / Parks.

To sponsor a tree,  just contact Knecht’s Nurseries & Landscaping at 507-645-5015 or send us an e-mail at info@knechts.net.  Or if you prefer, you can contact  TJ Henricy, Streets & Parks Supervisor for the City of Northfield at 507-645-3032  or TJ.Heinricy@ci.northfield.mn.us

Local groups must register by late winter their intent to participate in the program.  In Minnesota this year, there are only four cities participating- Red Wing, Bemidiji, Northfield and Buffalo.  The Northfield Garden Club has contacted almost all of the businesses in Northfield to encourage everyone to "get on board".  There is a color theme for the program and this includes the use of the following annuals in either containers or annual bed plantings – hot pink petunias, hot pink wave petunias, lime green sweet potato vine, and dark colored coleus.

The program has several areas – not just the flowers.  It promotes tidiness, environment, community involvement, heritage, landscape areas, and also the floral displays.  In July, 2008, there will be nation-wide judging of the cities that have registered.  In 2007 Red Wing, MN  was a winner in the program.  Let’s have Northfield on the list of winners for 2008!

We will be trying our best to stock as many of these annuals as we can but we do encourage everyone to pre-order what they think they’ll be needing so we can try to have them available!