By Nick Lodsun, Tree Pro- gram VISTAOn the gorgeous day ofWednesday, April 23 rd , schoolchildren, volunteers, tree contracting companies, and numerous others de- scended upon Brown Burton Winchester Park (BBW) in Wilmington to celebrate Ar- bor Day 2008. Amidst the reconstruction of BBW’s poolhouse, over 200 4 th grade students representing Edi- son Charter, Eastside Char- ter, Shortlidge Academy, and Urban Promise rotated be- tween three educational ac- tivities. First, they observed professional arborists climb trees and give instructions on proper safety protocols. Undoubted ly, the activity sparked some of the stu- dents’ interest in the field ofarboriculture. Next, the groups moved on to an edu- cational activity designed to explain the importance ofnutrients, sunlight, and wa- ter to trees. Students acted as “trees” and, while not moving their feet, scrambled to grab as many colored chips (nutrients) as they could. Volunteer instructors taught that trees, like peo- ple, have to compete for and share resources. Finally, each student played a small role in planting one of 11 trees in the large traffic me- dian across from BBW be- tween 24 th and 25 th Streets. The classes found their ways between stations with the help of the students at Pro- ject Stay Free, a school for juvenile offenders that want to get back on track. After the activities were com- pleted, Mayor Baker re- ceived Wilmington’s 15 th Tree City USA Award from the Delaware Forest Service and the National Arbor Day Foundation. The celebration at BBW Park was not the only com- ponent to this year’s Arbor Day. In the morning, local tree contracting companies volunteered their time and equipment to do major work in Riverview Cemetery. The cemetery has fallen on some hard times and was in des- perate need of tree work. The volunteer arborists worked to remove numerous dead trees and prune some that were getting out of con- trol. Some companies even stayed longer than was asked to be sure the job was done right! Represented were All Seasons, Arborist Associates, Asplundh, Bart- lett Tree Experts, Beaver Creek Tree, Bob’s Crane, Brandywine Tree & Shrub, Davey Tree, Delmarva Power, DiSabatino, Leo Friel (Continued on page 2) Arbor Day 2008 At the DCH Library 2 Arbor Day in Pictures 3 Tree-minders 4 Inside this issue: May—June 2008 Volume 2, Issue 3 A publication of the Tree Program at the Delaware Center for Horticulture ) (Attention Tree Stewards… We are looking for fresh ideas to spread the Tree Program in Wilmington! If you have any ideas, don’t hesitate to send us a line at (302) 658-6262 x113 or [email protected]AND ALSO...if you received this issue via snail mail, that means that we don’t have your e-mail address! We’d like to save paper and trees and send the newsletter electroni- cally...please update us!
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8/9/2019 May-Jun 2008 Wilminton Tree Press, Delaware Center for Horticulture