Arbor Day Spring Fair

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

Thank you to the presenters of this event for 2021 : you can watch the recording of the virtual event here: https://youtu.be/F1BXSnJEhCU

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

• Join us for an in person event in Medhurst park near the new Basketball court, Sunday April 24th from 2 -4 pm (rain date is Sat May 7)
  
• We will have a registration table for Tree Ottawa and their tree Giveaway program (they will give tree seedlings at the Jubilee event on May 23rd)
• Email [email protected] to register to receive a tree from Tree Ottawa
• We will talk about trees and how to protect them.
• We will have games and a scavenger hunt.
• We will have a bike decoration parade, EnviroCentre will attend and set up a booth with some bike lights and info about cycling in our area.  They will be coming with the Cycling Safety Awareness Program .
• We will celebrate the successful completion of the Basketball Court Refurbishment Project, by having a basketball tournament

• 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 help us celebrate our Basketball Court Project Inauguration. We will have free Hot chocolate and Coffee from Tim Hortons. 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.