Arbor Day Spring Fair

Everybody is Welcome! Come celebrate the importance of our trees.

Thank you to the presenters of this event : you can watch the recording of the event here: https://youtu.be/F1BXSnJEhCU

This Event has been adapted to a virtual community event due to COVID19.

You can Celebrate this event and still keep a social distance. Here are some ideas.

• Join us online for our virtual event Sunday April 25th from 2 -4 pm 
• Tree Ottawa will join us to talk about their tree Giveaway program
• Email [email protected] for the link to join and where to register to receive a tree from Tree Ottawa
• We will talk about trees and how to protect them.
• A librarian from Ottawa Public Library will join us to tell us about the New Recovery Program and to read some stories about trees.
• We will have an artist to lead a painting session – to receive free materials for the painting session, email [email protected]

 

• Take pictures of Trees as you are out for a walk.
• .Compare and identify the trees you see. Then enter this contest
  

  Take the Tree ID Challenge

• Read these poems about Trees to a loved one that lives with you Trees by Joyce Kilmer
• Why do we have trees? Here are the benefits of trees
• Draw a picture of your favorite tree and share it on social media.
• Draw with chalk on your driveway so people can see it when they walk by.
• Let us know if you have more ideas. email [email protected]

Does anyone have any pictures of Medhurst park before the Tornado? Or the trees beside the apartment building?
Send in your pictures to [email protected]  so we can have an archive for our neighborhood.

Let us know how you celebrate Arbor Day in April

Keith Egli and NROCRC will come and talk about emergency preparedness. Radical Science will bring experiments. Birthday Party Magic will send a face painter. We will have free Hot chocolate and Coffee from Tim Hortons. THCA will sell some food. Ecology Ottawa will bring some free trees and information on trees.

THCA gratefully acknowledges the financial support of NROCRC and Keith Egli for this event.