Planting trees in the City of Trees: Professors and plant nurseries recommend greener Treasure Valley

Planting trees in the City of Trees: Professors and plant nurseries recommend greener Treasure Valley

(Jaime Geary / Boise State Public Radio)Inversion periods of low air quality are well-known to Treasure Valley. Residents may have noticed more smog flooding into the area alongside rising temperatures in the past few years.John McDade is the nursery manager at Garden City’s North End Organic Nursery. McDade says fruit tree saplings are popular this time of year. “On the right here is our peaches, one of our best selling fruit trees. People love…