Two thousand seedlings are given away annually as part of Georgia’s Arbor Day (always the third Friday of February) Seed- lings need this early start as trees in GA need me to become established before a season of summer heat). KBB’s program has grown to enjoy a solid partnership with Bartow’s Master Gardeners. Bartow MG’s volunteer to pick up and distribute seedlings from five (5) locaons chosen for their accessibility to cizens county wide: Cartersville City Hall, Doug’s Place Restaurant in the City of Emerson, Frank Moore Judicial Building (Bartow County Courthouse), the Dollar General Store in the City of Kingston and United Community Bank in the City of Adairsville. KBB always purchases two variees (a thousand of each) to stress the importance of diversity in the urban forest. All our seedlings are purchased from Georgia Forestry for the best viability in our state. KBB hopes to convey the message that trees are valuable. Quote from www.gfc.state.ga.: “From a broad ecosystem perspecve, trees and forests provide billions of dollars worth of nature's ben- efits to people with no direct costs.” Green Highlands environmental club “Green Highlands” has be- come a regular parcipant as well, giving out seedlings to students and educang on the importance of trees. Trees have not only been a big part of environmental issues but are linked to so- cial ones and eco- nomic ones as well. “Green Highlands”, on the GA Highlands Cartersville Campus, offered a free lunchme screening of Taking Root. This film tells the dramac story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planng trees grew into a naonwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismac woman became an iconic inspiraon. hp://takingrooilm.com/ PROJECT SUMMARY 2016 Arbor Day Location: Bartow County Courthouse (Frank Moore Judicial) - students from Cartersville First Presbyterian Church make their annual pilgrimage to receive a free tree seed- ing from Master Gardener volunteers. Location: Dollar General in Kingston allows a portion of their street front to be a location with high visibility. Location: Doug’s Place in Emerson provides space in their front lobby for tree seedling giveaway Location: City of Cartersville City Hall
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Two thousand seedlings are given away annually as part of Georgia’s Arbor Day
(always the third Friday of February) Seed-lings need this early start as trees in GA
need time to become established before a season of summer heat). KBB’s program has grown to enjoy a solid partnership with Bartow’s Master Gardeners. Bartow MG’s volunteer to pick up and distribute seedlings from
five (5) locations chosen for their accessibility to citizens county wide: Cartersville City Hall, Doug’s Place Restaurant in the City of Emerson, Frank Moore Judicial Building (Bartow County Courthouse), the Dollar
General Store in the City of Kingston and United Community Bank in the City of Adairsville. KBB always purchases two
varieties (a thousand of each) to stress the importance of diversity in the urban forest. All
our seedlings are purchased from Georgia Forestry for the best viability in our state. KBB hopes to convey the message
that trees are valuable. Quote from
www.gfc.state.ga.: “From a broad ecosystem perspective,
trees and forests provide billions of dollars worth of nature's ben-
efits to people with no direct costs.”
Green Highlands environmental club “Green
Highlands” has be-come a regular
participant as well, giving out seedlings
to students and educating on the
importance of trees. Trees have not only been a big part of
environmental issues but are linked to so-cial ones and eco-
nomic ones as well. “Green Highlands”, on the GA Highlands Cartersville Campus, offered
a free lunchtime screening of Taking Root. This film tells the dramatic story of Kenyan
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a
nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman
became an iconic inspiration. http://takingrootfilm.com/
PROJECT SUMMARY 2016 Arbor Day
Location: Bartow County
Courthouse (Frank Moore Judicial)
- students from Cartersville First
Presbyterian Church make their annual
pilgrimage to receive a free tree seed-
ing from Master Gardener volunteers.
Location: Dollar General in Kingston
allows a portion of their street front to
be a location with high visibility.
Location: Doug’s Place in Emerson
provides space in their front lobby for
tree seedling giveaway
Location: City of Cartersville City Hall
Bartow celebrates Ga. Arbor Day with
seedling giveaways Featured
11 Feb 2016
Written by Marie Nesmith
Striving to bolster the county’s tree canopy, Keep Bartow Beautiful will oversee tree seedling
giveaways on Georgia’s Arbor Day.
Purchased from the Georgia Forestry Commission, the 2,000 seedlings will be available to the
public Feb. 19 at no charge on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. Starting at 9
a.m., Bartow County Master Gardeners will hand out white dogwood and catalpa saplings at
Cartersville City Hall, 10 N. Public Square, Cartersville; Doug’s Restaurant, 696 Ga. Highway
293 S.E., Emerson; Frank Moore Administration and Judicial Center, 135 W. Cherokee Ave.,
Cartersville; Kingston City Hall, 30 W. Main St., Kingston; and United Community Bank, 7400
Highway 140, Adairsville.
“I’d like everyone to understand what could happen if we don’t plan carefully to plant or replace
trees whenever possible,” Keep Bartow Beautiful Programs Director Missy Phillips said. “Even
though you may only have a front or backyard in which to keep a tree, you plus your neighbor,
plus the guy down the street and the family on the corner down from him, who plant and
maintain trees can benefit, not just your small piece of the world, but potentially benefit the
entire world, especially if this is multiplied the world over.
“Trees are among the oldest, largest and most significant organisms on our planet. No wonder
they play such an incredibly vital role in our planet’s natural cycles, keeping our planet a
hospitable habitat in which we are able to live. Without trees, we could easily have only hot, dry
and unproductive lands. A 2005 study by NASA has expressed data that indicates detrimental
rainfall changes for the United States during major agricultural seasons that occur as a result of
extensive deforestation. New York City has quantified the benefits of maintaining their 24
percent land coverage. They have estimated an annual energy cost reduction [of] $28 million and
that, for every $1 invested, New York street trees return $5.60 in benefits. It’s not hard to make
an argument that difficulty and poverty will follow after the destruction of significant tree
canopy cover.”
With this year’s selections, Arbor Day participants will be able to obtain spring blooming
saplings.
“People love, love, love their dogwoods here, and they are a lovely and reliable understory tree,
taking a light and graceful look when planted under larger trees like oaks or pines,” said Sheri
Henshaw, executive director of Keep Bartow Beautiful. “They can also handle full sun, although
that is not where they perform best. They also fit well into most any size yard and, as natives to
the Southeast, establish themselves easily into the landscape without looking too exotic or out of
place.
“Catalpa, for me, is a ‘fun’ tree, in that one of the primary characteristics is they establish these