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Arbor Day Programs

Keep Bartow Beautiful sponsors
Georgia's annual Arbor Day by giving away
free seedlings on February 19, 2010.
Although
National Arbor Day is celebrated the fourth Friday in April,
some states, including Georgia, choose to celebrate Arbor Day on
a date that corresponds to the best time to plant trees in the
area. On Friday, February 19, 2010 Bartow County will
encourage the planting by giving out free
dogwood and
long leaf pine seedlings grown by the Georgia Forestry
Commission. These seedlings are courtesy of Keep Bartow
Beautiful and
the TreesBartow program,
click here
for planting tips. Volunteers from
Bartow County's Master Gardeners
will be handing out seedlings and planting advice. These
trees are given out on a first come first serve basis and will
begin at 9 a.m. at the front door of the Bartow County
Courthouse and Adairsville, Cartersville, Emerson and
Kingston, City Halls.
A special tree planting will be held at Georgia Highlands on State
Hwy 20 (time to be announced).
Let us know how you celebrate Arbor Day - Arbor Day
programs can include educational displays, school tree
plantings, and the addition of trees to the Georgia Urban Forest
Council's Landmark and Historic Trees Registry. Currently,
the state listing includes the Springbank Oak on Hall Station
Road. Other trees are being considered, including the
Beasley Gap-Old Pine Log Village Pine Tree. To nominate a
historic or landmark tree, email us at
henshaws@bartowga.org.
Keep Bartow Beautiful also maintains a Great Tree Hunt Listing
of the largest trees in Bartow County. These trees are nominated
by their owners, or by local citizens, and are judged by tree
experts as the largest submitted. The contest is ongoing, with new
trees added annually. To nominate a tree for listing, or to see a
complete list, just email us at
henshaws@bartowga.org.
For more information on trees, go to the Georgia Urban Forest
Council site at www.gufc.org.
There you can see the complete listing for the Landmark and
Historic Trees Registry. The Georgia Forestry Commission
also has information about ordering tree seedlings, planting
procedures, and more. They may be visited at
www.gfc.state.ga.us. You
may also visit the National Arbor Day Foundation at
www.arborday.org.
“Arbor Day…which has already transplanted itself…to every state
in the American Union and has even been adopted in foreign
lands…is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the
past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.” J. Sterling
Morton, Founder of Arbor Day (1872)
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