ARBOR DAY
Arbor Day is officially celebrated in March in the state of California. West Valley Garden Club celebrates Arbor Day in March. Below is a photo of Madelyn Jameson, our president, reading about the origin of Arbor Day at an outdoor ceremony at Orcutt Park Horticultural Center. She read a brief history of how Arbor Day was started in the state of Nebraska in 1872 when Julius Sterling Morton urged the citizens to plant trees as a conservation measure. His views were well publicized and on that first Arbor Day over 1 million trees were planted in Nebraska. Today all states celebrate Arbor Day sometime between January and May depending on their climate.
We have planted trees at Orcutt Horticultural Center including some Japanese weeping cherry trees and replaced some orange trees in honor of fallen fire fighters. Below is Past President, Pat Ferrin standing beside an orange tree we have planted.
In March 2012 we planted a carrot wood tree, cupaniopsis anacardioides, at Fire Station #106, 23004 Roscoe Boulevard, West Hills. The carrot wood tree is native to Australia and tolerates any amount of water and full sun. It is a slow growing tree, generally neat in appearance and is evergreen. Below are pictures of the fire fighters and members of the West Valley Garden Club planting the tree on the east side of the fire station.
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