Medina to celebrate Arbor Day on April 25 by planting 49 trees
File photo by Tom Rivers: Second-graders in Abbi Keppler’s class at Oak Orchard Primary School help plant a tree on North Avenue last year on Arbor Day.
MEDINA – The Village of Medina is planning to plant 49 trees this year, continuing its commitment to new trees in the community.
The Arbor Day celebration will be at 10 a.m. on April 25 at the State Street Park pavilion and will include presentations by Village of Medina Municipal Tree Board, Mayor Marguerite Sherman, the Oak Orchard Glee Club and many students from Oak Orchard Primary School.
Most of the locations for the new trees are James Street and Main Street, Ann Street and West Center Street, West Avenue from James Street to Maple Street, State Street along the park and in State Street Park. Several of the trees are memorial ones that will have plaques.
“We are only able to do what we do thanks to generous donations,” said Mary Lewis, a Municipal Tree Board member. “We receive several Memorial Tree sponsors throughout the year.”
Lewis said the group welcomes more donations, including corporate sponsors. Click here for more information.
Medina has been designated a “Tree City USA” by the Arbor Day Foundation for the village’s commitment to planting trees every year. For the past 20 years, Medina has planted about 50 trees every year.
