MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Botanic Garden hosted the Official City of Memphis Arbor Day tree planting ceremony Friday morning to celebrate forestry and environmental upkeep efforts.
Forestry is the science of preserving forests and woodlands by planting, replenishing, maintaining, conserving, and repairing trees and environmental wildlife.
The ceremony featured a poem reading from the President of the West Tennessee Chapter of the Urban Forestry Council, a tree planting demonstration and tree giveaway, a tour of the trees that decorate the Memphis Botanical Garden conducted by certified arborist Bo Kelley and urban forestry advisor Linnea West, and a reading from the Mayor.
A tree planting demonstration was also included in the ceremony. The Memphis Botanic Garden planted a Chinkapin Oak tree, which was donated by longtime Memphis Botanical Garden supporter, Dabney Nursery. Dabney nursery is a retail plant nursery that cultivates Chinkapin Oak trees and several other field grown trees.
Tree saplings like Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida), Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis), and Red Mulberry (Morus rubra) were provided by The Arbor Day Foundation to honor Memphis as a Tree City USA for the tree giveaway.
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Memphis City Beautiful partners with the Memphis Tree Board, the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council (West TN Chapter) and other city and private organizations each year to honor forestry efforts on Arbor Day.
