Fun Fact Friday – we wind up fashion week with a step onto the woodland path for today is ARBOR DAY.
Looking for Weekend plans? Will you be in S. County R.I? Sat. April 30 8:15-4pm RI Garden Symposium, “Gardens & Green Spaces” Browse the Gardeners’ Marketplace where Botanicals Beauties and Beasties will be. Where? At the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences University of Rhode Island – Kingston, R.I. (register to go and get a $5.00 off coupon to use in the Marketplace) More info: click for web site Visit the show- or just visit the marketplace.
Arbor Day is a nationally celebrated observance that encourages tree planting and care. Founded by J. Sterling Morton in 1872, it’s celebrated on the last Friday in April. (Learn more.) Morton was from Detroit. Since both he and his wife were nature lovers they moved to Nebraska. There Morton was a journalist and he spread agricultural info and enthusiasm for tress to all who read his words. He and his fellow pioneers missed their trees, but also the trees were needed for windbreaks to keep soil in place, and for shade. Morton became Secretary of the Nebraska Territory, and so he now had more opportunity to stress the value of trees. Arbor day started on April 10, 1872 and it was estimated that more than 1 million trees were planted in Nebraska that first Arbor Day. In 1885 Arbor Day was named a legal holiday in Nebraska and April 22, Morton’s Birthday, was selected as the date for its permanent observance. The first Arbor Day was a wildly successful event with parades, 1,000 school children planting trees, and ending up at the Nebraska City’s Opera House. Another 1,000 townspeople joined the parade and it was a wild success. During the 1870s other states passed legislation to observe Arbor Day, and the tradition began in schools nationwide in 1882. Today, the most common date for Arbor Day is the last Friday in April, and several U.S. presidents have proclaimed a National Arbor Day on that date. However, a number of states have moved the date around to coincide with the best tree planting weather.
“Each generation takes the Earth as trustees.” J. Sterling Morton.
The above is surmised from www. arborday.org – http://www.arborday.org/arborday/history.cfm ( A flash animation)
AND NOW YOU KNOW ABOUT ARBOR DAY. Plant a tree this weekend, for yourself, for the earth.
Looking for Weekend plans? Will you be in S. County R.I? Sat. April 30 8:15-4pm
Join the fun at RI Garden Symposium, “Gardens & Green Spaces” Browse the Gardeners’ Marketplace where Botanicals Beauties and Beasties will be. There will be something for everyone in the Gardeners’ Marketplace! Where? At the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences University of Rhode Island – Kingston, R.I. (register to go and get a $5.00 off coupon to use in the Marketplace)
More info: click for web site Visit the show- or just visit the marketplace.