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Arbor Day Activities
Festival Market Place Hosted 4th Annual Celebration of Trees
Edmond's fourth annual Arbor Day Celebration featured informational booths, free seedlings, rain gauges, door prizes and demonstrations for children and adults. This year's event was March 29 and activities took place at the Festival Market Place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Activities for entertaining and educating children included a moon bounce and booths where children could plant the right three in the right place or determine the age of round slices of tree trunks called cookies.
"Tree and landscape experts at the various ISA certified arborists' booths were on hand for free landscaping and tree advice," said Carrie Tomlinson, Edmond's Urban Forester. ISA is the International Society of Arboriculture.
"Mark Bays from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry demonstrated proper tree planting and pruning," Tomlinson said.
Edmond's Water Resources gave away free rain gauges and provided water conservation tips. Visitors to the booth registered for a drawing for tree gators and xeriscape plants.
Edmond Electric gave away seedlings at their booth. Several species of trees were given away including Red Bud, Dessert Willow, Lacebark Elm, Indian Cherry, Loblolly Pine, Cedar Elm, and Carolina Buckthorn.
Edmond Electric also sponsored the event's free tee shirts that feature the designs from the winners of the Arbor Day Poster Contest.
Edmond Beautiful sold reusable cloth grocery bags from Brown Bag Company at a discounted price.
The eight local Arbor Day Poster Contest winners were recognized at the event. The contest for fifth graders from Edmond Public Schools was held earlier this year. Winning posters from each participating school were created by: Grace Kelting, Clegern Elementary; Katherine Hawes, Cross Timbers Elementary; Haydn Kirkpatrick, John Ross Elementary; Brayden Rucker, Northern Hills Elementary; Nicole Varghese, Angie Debo Elementary; Chalyn Edson, Orvis Risner Elementary; Tommy Mosley, Russell Dougherty Elementary; and Matthew Brownd from Washington Irving Elementary.
One of the school winners received second place at the state level poster competition. A special ceremony took place Monday at 2:15 p.m. to honor Haydn Kirkpatrick from John Ross Elementary for his achievement at the state level.
Participants in the event included Absolutely Nuts, Agri-lawn, Audubon Society of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma Master Naturalists, Best of Books, Citizens Bank of Edmond, City of Edmond Drainage Utility, Edmond Electric, Edmond Lions Club, Edmond Land Conservancy, Edmond Parks and Recreation, Edmond Tree Keepers, Edmond Urban Forestry Commission, Iceberg Italian Water Ice Co., Edmond Beautiful, Inc., Oklahoma County Master Gardeners, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority, Professional Tree Care LLC, Roots and Shoots Organization, Southern Tree Care, Tresco- Cedar Tree Cutting, Farmers Grain Co. and the University of Central Oklahoma.
Festival Market Place is located on First Street just west of Broadway in downtown Edmond.
For more information about future Arbor Day Celebrations contact Carrie Tomlinson at (405) 359-4799.
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