ATP Keeps Up With Trees During Busy Summer Months

Executive Director Jeanmarie Papelian (right) and Nursery Manager Samvel Ghandilyan (left) hosted interns from the AYF-YOARF and forestry expert Chris Fox at the ATP nursery in Karin Village (Photo: Armenia Tree Project)

BY ANI MELKONIAN, KRISTINE HOVSEPYAN

KARIN, Armenia””For schoolchildren, summer is a time to lie on the grass and watch clouds float by. It is a time to be free of responsibilities and worries, and a time to slow down. For trees, on the other hand, it’s a whole different story. For even during the warmest summers our green friends are hard at work.

Tree planting happens mostly in spring and fall. So what goes on at Armenia Tree Project’s (ATP) nurseries in the summer? “In the summer months, we are mostly occupied with tree care and maintenance,”