Bluestone Tree Repurposes 200-Year-Old Bloomington Ash Tree (VIDEO)


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This more than 200-year-old ash tree would have been in Bloomington before the city was incorporated in 1818, according to local tree care experts Bluestone Tree. After the tree died and needed to be removed, Bluestone Tree milled the ash as part of the company’s efforts to repurpose 100% of its tree removals into usable local products.

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