Arbor Day
On the second Friday in April, West Virginia celebrates Arbor Day, a day set aside to plant trees as a renewable resource.
Since our town has a flood wall with over 100 trees, we have ample opportunities to replant trees. The U.S. Army Corps of engineers first planted White Pines and Pin Oaks which grow 30 feet in 10 years, not sustainable on a flood wall. Every year I plant Flowering and Painted Dogwoods, Weeping Mulberry and Cherry Trees, Australian Plum, and many plants with colorful foilage. Usually school children write poems, make posters, and collect leaves.
Happy Arbor Day
