Franklin County School Children Celebrate Arbor Day

Franklin County School’s students will be planting several oak trees along with 1000 containerized Long Leaf Pine seedlings on school grounds to celebrate this year Arbor Day celebration.  They will be assisted by the Division of Forestry’s Wakulla/ Franklin County Forester Daniel Stevens.

On April 10, 1872 the first Arbor Day was held in Nebraska City, Neb., through the efforts of J. Sterling Morton. More than one million trees were planted in Nebraska during that Arbor Day.  Each state’s Arbor Day celebration date differs and was established depending on climate and suitable planting times.  In Florida Arbor Day is celebrated on the third Friday in January each year.

For more information you can call the Wakulla/ Franklin County Forester at 850-421-3101 or to find more information on Arbor Day you can visit www.arborday.org.