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Honeysuckle Garden Club Joins Statewide Arbor Day Celebration With Tree Planting In Barrineau Park
January 20, 2024
Honeysuckle Garden Club in Molino joined garden clubs across Florida on Friday to plant a Styrax americana native tree to celebrate Florida Arbor Day and the 100th anniversary of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs (FFGC). More than 150 garden clubs from Molino to Miami simultaneously planted trees on Friday.
After a brief ceremony, Honeysuckle Garden Club planted the native tree at the Barrineau Park Community Center. Craig Exner, the “unofficial” mayor of Barrineau Park presented a proclamation and the history of Florida Arbor Day was read.
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5 Responses to “Honeysuckle Garden Club Joins Statewide Arbor Day Celebration With Tree Planting In Barrineau Park”
Ann, good info about the trees. But seems like more maintenance. for the county planting more trees when they are cutting down the giant old oaks on New Chemstrand. It may be necessary but it’s still sad and sad that the county is making New Chemstrand a major thoroughfare on a residential area.
All the garden centers have fruit trees for sale in the spring. If you would plant one now do you have to wrap it each night when the temperature goes down to freezing
Ann, Thank you for the information. I always get the plants given away in April. I plant those I buy in October. I will try to attend one of your meetings later this year.
To Anne in answer to your question. The 3rd Friday in January is arbor day across the whole state of Florida. National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April. Here in Florida it is usually too warm by then to be planting trees. Trees need to planted when they are dormant (winter) so the plant can grow and establish new roots before spring when it concentrates on new growth. You can plant container grown trees in warmer weather, but their survival rate declines substantially. The next meeting Of Honeysuckle Garden Club is on Feb 18 at 2:00PM in the portable building behind the Barrineau Park Community Center. Perhaps you and possibly a friend would like to join us so we can answer any more questions you might have
about trees. We would be delighted to have you join us.
It seems slightly early to be planting tiny trees. How did Florida choose a day in January?