Arbor Day seedling giveaway sees large turnout
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Blake Silvers
Calhoun Times managing editor
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Members of the community were lined up early at the Calhoun Recreation Department gym, 601 S. River St., Saturday morning for this year's Arbor Day tree seedling giveaway.Â
Keep Calhoun Gordon Beautiful, the City of Calhoun, the Calhoun Woman’s Club and Georgia Cumberland Academy combined efforts to give away a variety of seedlings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.Â
Varieties of trees included pecan, river birch, persimmon, bald cypress, paw paw, kousa dogwood, sweet bay magnolia, black locust, hawthorn, buttonbush, red oak and crepe myrtle. The event was free and open to the public.Â
Volunteer Kathleen Shirley, right, helps the De Bruyne family from Sugar Valley pick out seedlings to plant on their property at the Calhoun Recreation Department gym, 601 S. River St., Saturday morning during this year’s Arbor Day tree seedling giveaway.
Crystal and Randall Boone, from left, are helped by volunteer Katie Naymick to decide what tree might be best for their property Saturday at this year’s Arbor Day seedling giveaway.
Event volunteer Maria Zamora, left, helps a member of the public decide what type of tree seedlings to select during the 2021 Arbor Day giveaway Saturday at the Calhoun Recreation Department Gym, 601 S. River St. Varieties of trees included pecan, river birch, persimmon, bald cypress, paw paw, kousa dogwood, sweet bay magnolia, black locust, hawthorn, buttonbush, red oak and crepe myrtle. The event was free and open to the public.
Volunteer Katie Naymick, middle, bags up a tree seedling during this year's Arbor Day giveaway at the Calhoun Recreation Department gym, 601 S. River St. Saturday morning.Â
Members of the community were lined up early at the Calhoun Recreation Department gym, 601 S. River St., Saturday morning for this year's Arbor Day tree seedling giveaway.Â
Varieties of trees available at Saturday's Arbor Day seedling giveaway included pecan, river birch, persimmon, bald cypress, paw paw, kousa dogwood, sweet bay magnolia, black locust, hawthorn, buttonbush, red oak and crepe myrtle. The event was free and open to the public.Â
