Arbor Day
See Arbor Day Carmel Clay Parks Department Arbor Day had its beginning in Nebraska when J. Sterling Morton introduced a resolution at a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture on January 4, 1872, calling for a day to be "especially set apart and consecrated to tree planting in the State of Nebraska and the State Board of Agriculture hereby named it "Arbor Day". The resolution passed, and over a million trees were planted that first Arbor Day in Nebraska. Arbor Day is now observed by all 50 states in the United States, with some states designating Arbor Week or even Arbor Month.
The function of Arbor Day is to call attention to the need to plant trees in communities, farms and in forests. In communities, Arbor Day provides an excellent opportunity to involve the public in tree planting and to inform the public of the need to plant and maintain trees on both public and private property.
In 1989, a local group of citizens called the Citizens for Greenspace started a tradition of planting trees along Carmel City streets. Joined in 1995 by the City of Camel, the two groups have held an annual Arbor Day each year since. The Arbor Day celebration has become a very successful project over the years. The benefits of the tree planting are obvious, however, the positive impact is has had on the people involved in the planting has been tremendous. The Arbor Day tree planting has become tradition for many of the scout volunteers in the community. The young scouts learn the basics in tree planting and are able to watch their tree grow as they grow. They will forever remember the tree that they planted. Without their help, the Arbor Day tree planting would be at a significant loss. Scout volunteers plant all of the trees planted for Arbor Day. This has proved to be a very successful partnership. It enables the City to plant trees at half the cost and it creates a wonderful experience for the boy scouts, girl scouts, brownies, cub scouts and weeblos that participate in the planting.
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