Going to great heights for Arbor Day
29/07/2009
Everything you need to know about the trees in your garden will be answered at a special Arbor Day celebration at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens this Sunday (August 2).
Expert arborists will provide information about tree selection, planting and maintenance from 10am to 2pm at the RTBG visitor centre.
And, to amuse the youngsters (and impress adults), these versatile and agile horticulturists will demonstrate their tree climbing prowess, with a safety harness of course.
Special books and trees (listed below) will be for sale.
Bring the family along for a fun informative day out.
Arbor Day, as we know it, was first celebrated in America on the 10 April 1872. It is now used to promote replanting following deforestation and to vegetate treeless areas to increase soil stability and health.
Arbor Day in its various forms is now recognised in more than 50 countries to encompass Greening Week in Japan, New Year's Days of Trees in Israel, Tree-loving Week in Korea, Reforestation Week in Yugoslavia, Students' Afforestation Day in Iceland and the National Festival of Tree Planting'in India.
Arbor Day in Australia was first observed on 20 June 1889, in Adelaide, and quickly spread throughout the country.
It draws attention to the important role trees play in maintaining a healthy and highlights the need to recognise the importance of trees and tree management.
Plants for sale at the RTBG's Arbor Day celebrations:
Acacia melanoxylon - Blackwood
Acer davidii - Snake-bark maple
Allocasuarina littoralis - Black she-oak
Allocasuarina verticillata - Drooping she-oak
Allocasuarina zephyrea - Western scrub she-oak
Banksia marginata - Silver banksia
Banksia serrata - Saw banksia
Callitris oblonga - South Esk pine
Callitris rhomboidea - Oyster Bay pine
Callistemon pallidus - Lemon bottlebrush
Callistemon viridiflorus - Green bottlebrush
Eucalyptus alpina - Grampians gum
Eucalyptus nicholii - Willow-leaf peppermint
Eucalyptus urnigera - Urn gum
Eucryphia lucida - Leatherwood
Jerry Romanski is at home among the trees at the RTBG
Grounded again after his tree assessment