Kansas City’s Parks & Recreation Department invites you to celebrate Arbor Day with a tree-planting event in Loose Park. A Sugar Maple tree will be planted to honor Dona Boley, author, historian, advocate for the Parks and Boulevard System, and tree planting champion.
WHEN: Saturday, April 12, at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Loose Park, 52nd & Summit St. (west of the Rose Garden)
In case of rain, the ceremony will be held inside the Garden Center.
Speakers include:
- KC Parks Environmental Manager Stephen VanRhein
- MDC Commissioner Mark L. McHenry
- MDC Community Forester Taylor Neff
About Tree City USA
Kansas City is a Tree City USA Community. The City received its designation from the organization in 1988. To be a Tree City USA Community, a city must meet four standards: have a tree board or department, have a tree care ordinance, a comprehensive forestry program, and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation.
About Arbor Day
The Arbor Day Foundation is the world’s oldest and largest tree-planting organization. The foundation began in 1872 with a mission “to inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees”. The Arbor Day holiday was founded in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
