Celebrating Arbor Day in Georgia

Last Friday, tree planters across Georgia gathered to celebrate trees on Georgia’s state Arbor Day. We’ll share photos as they arrive from around the state, but here are shots from a couple of cities to start:

In Toccoa, Boy Scouts held a tree planting event for the community in celebration of Arbor Day.

Special Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby says the scouts plan to work with the city of Toccoa to plan 150 more Dogwoods.

Meanwhile, in the city of Jefferson, First-graders at Jefferson Elementary School celebrated alongside community officials and the Jefferson Heritage Tree Council as Jefferson reached its third year as a Tree City USA. Events included a tree planting to celebrate the city’s overall planting efforts, and a poem recital by the first graders.

Below, Heritage Tree Council members display the Tree City USA flag.

Of course, these were only two of many, many events. Do be sure to check out the many other tree planting events that happened across the state of Georgia last week, and think about what you could do to celebrate Arbor Day in your town.