Dear East Stratford Community,

Last March, the Landscape Committee hosted a Scrape for the Grape event to remove invasive spotted lanternfly eggs from the tree of heaven throughout the common areas (Phase I). Volunteers not only destroyed over 110,000 eggs, but they also marked over 150 small trees of heaven with ribbons along the fence line behind Shirley Square.

Phase II: In the next few weeks, trained volunteers from the Landscape Committee will be applying herbicide to these marked trees using the basal bark method. They will be wearing yellow vests, carrying sprayers and cardboard to apply herbicide only to the tree trunks.

Phase III:  Will target large tree of heaven, provided that grant funding by the county is available.

If you have any questions about this project or would like more information, please contact Chad Green, Landscape Committee Chair, at 540-391-1482.

Shannon Cook, CMCA®, AMS®,PCAM®
Senior Community Manager
Sequoia Management Company
13998 Parkeast Circle
Chantilly, Virginia 20151
sequoiamanagement.com
703.803.9641 work