Arbor Day celebrates the value of trees in our daily lives. It is a special time set aside for tree planting.
For this Arbor Day, April 28, here are a few tips on how to honor those stately trees in your local parks and suburban landscapes by coming together and enjoy those quiet giant oaks, and even a still growing scruffy pine.
- Hold an Arbor Day ceremony to honor the good stewards in your community.
- Organize a Largest or Oldest Tree search across your community.
- Plant a tree. Host a reception to honor Park or Tree Board members in the community.
- Create a story, produce a play, or present a skit about trees.
- Choose a public park or downtown area to clean up.
- Sponsor a craft show featuring artists engaged in crafts with natural materials.
- Schedule classes on tree pruning, tree selection, identification and planting.
- Hold a Children’s Read-In at the library.
Best of all…. read a book at home about trees – with your children.
The U.S. Government Bookstore offers publications covering some of the above subjects plus a wide range of “tree hugging” topics depending on your interests. Here a just few examples.
Why Would Anyone Cut a Tree Down?
This delightful book shows children the life cycle of trees, showing that trees are a renewable resource as their seeds can be planted to make new trees grow. It also discusses the need to remove sick, flammable, and other dangerous trees as well as the various uses for wood from cut trees.
National Individual Tree Species Atlas
This reference covers each tree species in the United States and precisely where each species is likely to grow or not grow. Written primarily for horticulturists, the contents are also a wonderful resource for anyone studying America’s tree population: from Boy and Girl Scouts, to landscapers, to forestry professors and guides.
This handy pamphlet provides helpful information on how, when, and why to prune. By following the few simple principles outlined in this publication, you will learn how to produce strong, healthy, attractive plants.
HOW DO I OBTAIN THESE RESOURCES?
Shop Online Anytime: You can buy eBooks or print publications —with FREE Standard Shipping worldwide— from the U.S. Government Online Bookstore at http://bookstore.gpo.gov.
- Click here to purchase Why Would Anyone Cut a Tree Down?
- Click here to purchase National Individual Tree Species Atlas
- Click here to purchase How To Prune Trees
- Click here to purchase Forest Inventory and Analysis: Fiscal Year 2015 Business Report
- Click here to browse our Trees & Forests collection
Shop our Retail Store: Buy a copy of any print editions from this collection at GPO’s retail bookstore at 710 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20401, open Monday–Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., except Federal holidays, Call (202) 512-0132 for information or to arrange in-store pick-up.
Order by Phone: Call our Customer Contact Center Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5:30 pm Eastern (except US Federal holidays). From US and Canada, call toll-free 1.866.512.1800. DC or International customers call +1.202.512.1800.
Visit a Federal depository library: Search for U.S. Government publications in a nearby Federal depository library. You can find the records for most titles in GPO’s Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.
About the author: Blogger contributor Ed Kessler is a Promotions Specialist in GPO’s Publication and Information Sales program office.
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