WP Tree Guide

About the Washington Park Tree Guide

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The original, hardcopy, version of the guide was published in 2010.  FANS received a major grant from the Colorado Tree Coalition, generous donations from Washington Park East Neighborhood Association, West Washington Park Neighborhood Association and individuals in the community to be able to produce the original guide.  However, that guide has not been available for several years.

The 2024 guide is a digital version of the original and contains descriptions of 76 tree species found in the park and on the South High School Campus.  In addition, the guide contains general information about the naming of tree species, tree identification and maps to aid in the location of each tree in the guide.  Originally, each tree in the guide could be identified by a numbered, red plastic tag attached to the tree.  Unfortunately, several of the tags have been lost over the years.

The digital version of the guide contains several enhancements intended to facilitate its use.  These include:

      • Hyperlinks for easy navigation within the document,
      • Notations indicting the presence/absence of the tree (several have been removed since 2010)
      • Notations indicating the presence/absence of a tree tag
      • A ‘Locate This Tree’ feature which provides a hyperlink to easily navigate to the tree in Google Maps.

The new guide can be downloaded as a pdf-file onto your phone, tablet or computer.  

Version 2024.2 was released to correspond with the 125th birthday celebration for Washington Park – August 7, 2024 

We hope using the guide will make your park visits even more enjoyable.  We plan to make periodic updates, revisions, and additions to the guide.  We also hope to replace lost tree tags and to add new tree species to the guide so check back occasionally to download the latest version.

Please send feedback and suggestions to: [email protected]

Enjoy!

The 2010 tree guide was sold at a cost of $8.00 each. FANS is a non-profit, 100% volunteer run organization. If you would consider a donation we would be very grateful.
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