Hilltown Tree & Garden's commitment to the environment, the community and its employees

We have been certified "Carbon Balanced" by Terrapass. This means that all the carbon that we put into the air during our normal business day (mostly transportation related) has been balanced out by agreeing to pay for a portion of a green energy project also called R.E.C. This would be a biomass, wind, and an industrial efficiency project.

My home/office receives 100% of electricity from solar electric panels. My home/office is super insulated, built with many recycled materials and the wood to build and heat the structure was / is harvested in a sustainable way right from the building site. The land where my home/office is located has been placed in a federal program called Forestry Stewardship. In this program the land will be managed to promote wildlife habitat, air and water quality, and sustainable timber and cordwood harvests.

Our services have been donated to various local not for profit auctions. Such as Habitat For Humanity, Pioneer Valley Symphony, Bonnies Program, Cummington Community House, West Cummington Church and many more. We have sponsored such recreational activities such as Chesterfield Baseball and the Hilltown Jr. Olympics.

We also donated and installed eleven trees to the Hilltown C.D.C. to landscape around their new office building.

Calvert, an investment firm, has the "nations largest array of socially responsible mutual funds" and this is where we reinvest our profits. The "Social Investment Fund" and the "Global Alternative Energy Fund" are two such funds that meet our reinvestment criteria.

Employees are valued. Work schedule flexibility is given to employees with families. Employees can also receive health care, a matching I.R.A. retirement plan, and paid education for workplace safety or horticultural related topics.