HANNIBAL â The MU Extension â Salt River Master Gardener Club monthly meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, at the Hannibal-LaGrange University Burt Administration Building, Room 129 in Hannibal.
The guest speaker for the meeting will be Kristy Trevathan, from the City of Hannibal Tree Board. Her presentation is âTrees are Importantâ. All SRMG Club Members and Guests will be asked to please social distance and wear masks at all times due to the HLGU COVID-19 guidelines in place at this time. The building is fully accessible, and the public is welcome to attend.
More information is available by contacting the MU Extension Marion County Office at 573-769-2177 or Michael Powell at 573-248-4425.
HANNIBAL â Trees planted in recent years in the downtown Hannibal area are doing well, according to members of the Hannibal Tree Board.
Some of the newest plantings occurred last fall off of South Main Street, where a grove of Bald Cypress went into the ground. According to Tree Board President Kristy Trevathan only three of 70 trees did not survive.
âThat is a pretty good track record,â she said. âIt looks good down there.â According to Trevathan, two of the trees in the grove were literally pulled out of the ground. Another tree had been run over by a vehicle. Trevathan reported to the tree board on Wednesday morning that she intends to purchase replacement trees in the near future.