April 2, 2009
Celebrate Trees
Comment now »Our neighborhoods are blessed with beautiful trees that help our neighborhoods in so many ways. One way to show your appreciation is to go out right now and give one of the trees in your yard a big ole hug. A better alternative and one that won’t get you strange looks from the neighbors would be to head to Byrd Park this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to the Carillon where there will be Celebrate Trees! event for Arbor Day. There will be activities for the kids, workshops for the adults, music, tree climbing exhibition, exhibitors, vendors, bell concert on the Carillon and even free trees so you give a little back.
Full schedule
| 8:00 AM | Open for set-up by participants |
| 10:00 AM | Event Opens – Exhibits, Workshops, Childrens Events |
| 10:00-10:30 AM | Workshops Begin – #1 Round |
| Ongoing | Break/Refresh/Visit Exhibits/Get to next workshop |
| 11:00-11:30 AM | Workshops Begin – #2 Round |
| 11:30-noon | Radio Disney – Ranger Spruce Sassafras #1 |
| 11:30AM | Break/Refresh/Visit Exhibits/Get to Tree Planting Ceremony |
| 12:00-12:40 PM | Tree Planting Ceremony – Remarks: Dr. Jeff Kirwan (Va, Tech, Co-author, Remarkable Trees of Virginia) |
| Ongoing | Visit Exhibits, demonstrations, etc |
| 1:00-1:30 PM | Radio Disney – Ranger Spruce Sassafras #2 |
| 1:30-1:50 PM | Carillon Bells in Concert |
| until 2:00 PM | Visit Exhibits, demonstrations, etc |
| 2:00 PM | Special Presentation – Hurricane Isabel & Storm Gaston: What Happened, Where Did We Go Wrong, What We Learned — Karl Pokorny, former Richmond Arborist |
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