2,200 Trees Given Away

January 21, 2011

About 2,200 trees were scheduled to be given away Friday at two locations as part of an Arbor Day Celebration.

The Honeysuckle Garden Club of Barrineau Park held a tree giveaway Friday morning at the Barrineau Park Community Center. Each person was allowed to choose two free native bare-root trees, choosing from Southern crabapple, mayhaw, blackgum, Shumard oak, sawtooth oak, green ash and bald cypress.

Honeysuckle Garden Club members, UF IFAS Escambia County Extension personnel, and Escambia County Master Gardeners were also on hand to answer questions about the trees and tree planting in general.

The second event was heldĀ  at Lexington Terrace Park and Community Center on old Old Corry Field Road in Pensacola.

Pictured above and below: A tree giveaway at the Barrineau Park Community Center Friday morning. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

7 Responses to “2,200 Trees Given Away”

  1. A. Davis on January 23rd, 2011 4:06 pm

    I have huge pinetrees and if they could just leave that would be great.

  2. David Huie Green on January 22nd, 2011 11:17 am

    I got their last two crabapples. Come by in a couple of decades and I’ll share or my heirs will, depending on the state of my health at the time.

  3. Sarah-Jane on January 22nd, 2011 9:28 am

    THANK YOU to all invovled it was very well organized and we will all benefit from trees in our area.

  4. Cottage Hill Girl on January 21st, 2011 1:12 pm

    I missed it too. I’d been planning it since the article first appeared on here and then I forgot all about it this morning. Darn! I wonder if they didn’t give all of them away, will they give the rest out later?

  5. Mel on January 21st, 2011 11:32 am

    I am so mad at myself…I didn’t realize it was already Friday today and I really wanted these trees:( too late now.

    ADHD really stinks

  6. Just An Old Soldier on January 21st, 2011 11:31 am

    I’ll be planting two Olive trees today.

    May my children and grandchildren enjoy their fruit!

  7. barrineau on January 21st, 2011 11:28 am

    Went and got mine, thanks so much. Looking forward to watching them grow.