Park Seed Garden Journal

Arbor Day is tomorrow, Friday, April 27, 2007 (It’s also my brand new nephew’s 1st Birthday!). Arbor Day has changed meaning and gained a new following since its original conception in 1872.

Nebraska was a new territory in 1872, and the governenment was trying to get people to move there and start new communities, but there were not many trees for buildings– Nebraska is mostly grassy plains. A journalist turned politician, J. Sterling Morton came up with clever idea to have everyone in the new territory plant a tree on the last Friday of April, simultaneously creating an international holiday and the worlds first flash mob (just kidding).

Since the first trees were planted on the first Arbor Day, the necessity for new trees have taken on a new importants. Trees do most of the atmosphere cleaning work for the rest of us, pulling out greenhouse gases and releasing breathable oxygen. So tomorrow, whether it’s because you want to build a log cabin in a few years or because you like breathable air, plant a tree.

Park Trees and Shrubs and the Park Seed Company-Buy a tree and plant it.

Thomas
Park Seed Company