Betterment Committee has dogwoods available for Albion churches
Photo by Tom Rivers
ALBION – The Albion Betterment Committee has 10 dogwood trees available for free to churches in the Village of Albion.
Betterment Committee directors Joe Gehl, left, and Gary Kent, are shown with two of the trees today. The group gave two dogwoods to the village for the Erie Canal Park by the canal near the end of Platt Street.
The committee has 10 others and will give them to churches in the village, Kent said. The trees are worth about $100 each.
The Betterment Committee has donated and planted about 40 dogwoods in recent year, mostly in the Albion area. Kent said the white blossoms are a striking sight in the spring, and the leaves change colors throughout the year.
“They are such a gorgeous ornamental,” Kent said. “It’s another way of putting Albion on the map.”
Churches interested in the dogwoods can contact Kent at (585) 331-1846.
