Celebrate Arbor Day!

Park City has been a Tree City since 1993 when Debbie Fields’ of Mrs. Fields’ Cookies started the program.

Arbor Day (from the Latin feminine noun arbor, simply meaning tree) is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees. It originated in the United States in 1872. Many countries now observe it on various dates, depending on climate and suitable planting season, usually in the spring.

Arbor Day was founded on April 10,  1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Nebraska. On the first Arbor Day an estimated one million trees were planted. By the 1920s, each state in the United States had passed public laws that stipulated a certain day to be Arbor Day or Arbor and Bird Day observance. Utah’s Arbor Day is usually on the last Friday in April, in Park City it is the second Saturday in May. Utah’s State Tree: Blue Spruce.

One way Silver Springs may be able to celebrate Arbor Day is to transplant the many seedling spruce trees on the west side of the Park.

These seedlings are too close together to grow properly.  The seedlings are the right size to move to another location within the Park, on the west border or along the north beach area.  Maybe some neighbors can transplant these seedlings into their own yards.  Well-spaced trees are healthier and stronger and can grow to be large specimens.

Spacing
To create a dense, green privacy wall, plant spruce trees along the border of your property, 8 to 12 feet apart. A row of spruce trees may also be planted on the northern side of your house to help cut the cold winter wind and thereby reduce your heating bills. (Be sure you leave enough room between the trees and your house to allow for growth.)  When grown as a single specimen tree, and a spruce tends to be taller and wider than trees planted in a group. Avoid planting spruce trees under utility lines, since the trees may interfere with the lines and may need to be removed or trimmed later. Also avoid planting them too close to your property edge, where they may overtake the sidewalk or street.

If you are interested in participating in this project contact webmaster at:  [email protected]

Spruce seedlings on east side of Park – need to be transplanted and spaced out to 8’+