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Arbor Day Programs
Keep Bartow Beautiful sponsors
annual Arbor Day Programs in February and April. In
February, the celebration of Georgia’s Arbor Day is held annually
on the third Friday in February. This is the best planting time
for trees in Georgia. On or around this date, tree seedlings are
given out to interested citizens through the city halls in Bartow
County, on a first come-first serve basis. Adopt-a-Road groups who
clean up their roadways during February and send in reports will
also receive free tree seedlings.
The Arbor Day program also 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.
The National Arbor Day is celebrated on the fourth Friday
in April. This date is recognized annually by Keep Bartow
Beautiful at the Government Week festivities through a drawing to
give away trees and other environmental door prizes.
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
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