Restore Mass Ave Seeks to Re-green Embassy Row
By • May 23, 2015 0 1579
Dutch Ambassador Rudolf Bekink and his wife Gabrielle de Kuyper Bekink welcomed leaders and supporters of Restore Mass Ave and other guests May 7 to their S Street residence, just off Massachusetts Avenue. The nonprofit was founded to bring Embassy Row back to its original design by engaging residents, embassies and public and private partners to plant and sustain a full canopy of trees along D.C.’s most famous diplomatic avenue. John Peters Irelan is spearheading the project which has already secured 330 new trees. There is also an education and outreach component as volunteer “treekeepers” learn tree care.
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- Benefit chairman John Peters Irelan, Gabrielle de Kuyper Bekink and Ambassador Rudolf Bekink. | Mary Bird
