The Town of Medfield Celebrates Arbor Day!

Medfield Celebrated Arbor Day at Vine Lake Cemetery

The Town of Medfield Celebrated its annual "Tree City" Arbor Day Celebration at Vine Lake Cemetery last week.

A Sourwood Tree was planted this year near the Vine Lake Cemetery Dale Street entrance. Sourwood leaves are green during the growing season, but turn a vibrant red, orange and purple in the fall. The tree planted in Medfield on Arbor Day had magnificent red leaves .

Sourwood leaves, when crushed, have a distinct sour smell and taste, and are sometimes called lily of the valley tree leaves.

Medfield Select Board Chair, Gus Murby, read the official Arbor Day Proclamation in front of the newly planted tree alongside Cemetery Caretaker Steven Dellacamera, DPW Tree Warden Paul Hinkley, along with DPW Bobby Kennedy, Assistant Town Administrator Brittney Franklin and DPW Director Maurice Goulet.