GM is on his honeymoon across Europe for the next two weeks. In place of timely articles, he is publishing his top ten favorite things about Georgetown. Today is number 9: Q St.’s elm trees.
As GM has discussed before, we are blessed with a row of beautiful and healthy American Elms along Q St. Cathedral-like canopies of American Elms once shaded countless streets across the country until the dreaded Dutch Elms Disease decimated the population. Only in a few isolated locations do the trees live on. Q St. is one of those locations.
While luck has played a large part in keeping these trees healthy, credit also goes to Trees for Georgetown, an organization that makes sure the trees receive regular inoculations against DED. They perform a great service to our community.
So for the comfortable shade that they create on hot summer days, GM has selected the resilient American Elms of Q St. as his ninth favorite thing about Georgetown.
Previously:
10 – Abundance of Stores
The Georgetown Metropolitan 