CEDAR KEY’S ARBOR DAY
100 Trees to Be Planted;
200 More Coming!
2024 March 2
100 Trees to Be Planted;
200 More Coming!
2024 March 2
In downtown’s City Park, the line was forming at 9 am, even though the weatherman predicted rain. Residents arrived to select a magnolia, a redbud, or a crepe myrtle tree to take home and plant on their properties, as part of the island’s celebration of Arbor Day.
So skillfully organized was the event, residents not only received a tree in a three-gallon bucket, but also the soil, the water-holding agent, and fertilizer with which to plant the new arrival. Easy-to-read directions came with each tree. Making everything simpler and more pleasant, Cedar Key School student Fisher Collins graciously toted all these trees and ingredients to residents’ cars or golf carts.Upon arrival, residents registered with Tree City Coordinator Mary Prescott. Plotting each new tree’s placement on the individual properties on a Cedar Key map, Mary created a record which indicates areas housing new trees and areas still in need.
ARBOR DAY GOAL
The city’s goal is to preserve the island’s air freshening, aesthetically pleasing, temperature moderating canopy. Storms, age, and other events diminish the number of trees annually, necessitating their replacement. City fees charged when trees are cut add to the city’s tree fund which sponsors this Arbor Day. Mayor Sue Colson remarked, “The city is proud of its Heritage Tree Program, its title Tee City, and its continued efforts to replace and kep green this island city.”
The city’s goal is to preserve the island’s air freshening, aesthetically pleasing, temperature moderating canopy. Storms, age, and other events diminish the number of trees annually, necessitating their replacement. City fees charged when trees are cut add to the city’s tree fund which sponsors this Arbor Day. Mayor Sue Colson remarked, “The city is proud of its Heritage Tree Program, its title Tee City, and its continued efforts to replace and kep green this island city.”
When asked why the day is important, volunteer Lauren Lang astutely responded, “so we can breathe!”
THANKS
Many thanks to Jim Fleming of Tropical Traditions and Barnhill’s of Chiefland for their assistance in acquiring the trees.
200 CEDARS COMING
A second Arbor Day will be celebrated in a date yet to be announced in March. Some two hundred seeds, harvested from a single cedar tree on Second Street, are being nurtured by Cedar Key School students now and should be ready for distribution in March.
Many thanks to Jim Fleming of Tropical Traditions and Barnhill’s of Chiefland for their assistance in acquiring the trees.
200 CEDARS COMING
A second Arbor Day will be celebrated in a date yet to be announced in March. Some two hundred seeds, harvested from a single cedar tree on Second Street, are being nurtured by Cedar Key School students now and should be ready for distribution in March.
TREE CITY
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.
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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