2,000 Seedlings to be Distributed Arbor Day

Arbor Day is Friday and you can get involved. Pick up a seedling and plant a tree or attend a community event.

Keep Bartow Beautiful will partner with Bartow Master Gardeners, Georgia Forestry Commission and a host of other community partners to celebrate Georgia holiday. 

Taking into account both Valentine’s Day and National Heart Month, the theme is “Garden with Heart — Plant a Tree.”  The color red is closely tied to Valentine’s Day and two of the tree selections will reflect that color theme. 

Also, gardening and tree planting in particular, is a great heart-healthy hobby for all ages. Did you know that 313.4 calories an hour are burned through gardening?

Master Gardeners on Friday will pass out about 2,000 tree seedlings, while supplies last, at five area locations:

• Bartow County Courthouse

• Adairsville City Hall

• Cartersville City Hall

• Emerson City Hall

• Kingston City Hall

Tree selections this year include red maple, redbud, sawtooth oak and longleaf pine.  Keep Bartow Beautiful purchases seedlings from the Georgia Forestry Commission for community distribution and the Master Gardeners coordinate the effort to distribute and hand out the seedlings, while providing planting instructions. 

Supplies are limited, so it's one seedling per person.

Activities set for Thursday and Friday are:

What: Planting of two red maples

Participants: Partners Sharp Top Trees, Cartersville Parks and Recreation, Keep Bartow Beautiful Board, Bartow Master Gardeners, Cartersville City Council, Cartersville Women’s Club

When: Thursday, 11:30 a.m.

Where: Atco Community Park (near the Little League fields) 

What: Cartersville mayor and council set to sign proclamation

When: Thursday, 7 p.m. (at the city council meeting)

Where: City Hall

Other tree plantings will take place at Hamilton Crossing Park and Douglas Street United Methodist Church. 

For more information, contact Keep Bartow Beautiful at 770-387-5167, or email phillipsm@bartowga.org or henshaws@bartowga.org.