ARBOR DAY, CEDAR KEY STYLE 2024 February 28
It’s here! The City of Cedar Key will celebrate Arbor Day on Saturday March 2, 2024. The celebration will be held at the pavilion at Beach Front Park from 9 am to 12 noon. Cedar Key residents may come and get their tree in a 3-gallon container, fertilizer, and starter kit, all at no charge. At registration, the city will be requesting a location that the tree will be planted.
One hundred trees are available and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. The trees being distributed will be Red Buds, Crepe Myrtles, and Magnolias. Many thanks to Jim and Myra Fleming of Tropical Traditions and Barnhill’s of Chiefland for their assistance in acquiring the trees.
This year, a second Arbor Day will be celebrated in March. The specific date has not been finalized. Students at Cedar Key School have been raising Cedar saplings for distribution. The seeds were harvested from a single Cedar on Second street here on the Island, so there is a lineage!
The City of Cedar Key is a designated “Tree City USA.” That designation is awarded by the National Arbor Day Foundation. For more information on that program, please visit Tree City USA at arborday.org.
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