Neighboring Chamblee To Celebrate Arbor Day

CHAMBLEE, GA -- Brookhaven's neighbor is celebrating Arbor Day on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, at 1 pm. Chamblee's city government said its celebration will be held at Clairmont Park as its plants trees, gives away 50 three-gallon Redbud trees and reads its Arbor Day proclamation.

“This year we will be planting Redbuds and Willow oaks at Clairmont Park," said Amanda Corr, Chamblee's arborist. "The Redbud is an understory tree that has showy blossoms in the spring and heart-shaped leaves that emerge as a red color and then turn dark green. The Willow oak is a handsome shade tree with a striking appearance and fast growth.”

Staff will be able to tell recipients how to care for their seedling and how to plant it. The trees are provided by Trees Atlanta.

The national Arbor Day celebration is held in April and dates to 1872 when J. Sterling Morton, a journalist and editor of Nebraska’s first newspaper, established Arbor Day in the state of Nebraska. Morton was concerned about the loss of trees cleared for farms and houses and spread information to his fellow pioneers about the benefits of trees in creating windbreaks, providing fuel and building materials and providing shade from the hot prairie sun. The Nebraska State Board of Agriculture accepted a resolution passed by Morton “to set aside one day to plant trees, both forest and fruit.”

Today Arbor Day is celebrated in all 50 states but is celebrated during different months according to the best planting season in each state. In Georgia, the best planting season is from November through February.

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