ould you love to get communities will have
into gardening and celebrations on Arbor Day (the
landscaping, but you’re last Friday in April) or other
just not sure you have a green beautification projects that you
thumb? Starting with a tree can can participate in. Once you
be a good way to start. It may plant the tree, you can make
take a little more work to plant planting a new tree an annual
a tree than it does to plant event. Another idea is to go back
seeds or small plants in a garden and check on the growth of your
or flower bed, but once you do tree on the anniversary of its
that, the maintenance is much planting. You kids can get a kick
lower. One big plus is that there out of planting a tree for their
is no weeding involved. You may birthday one year, and then
have to do some pruning, and returning to it each consecutive
depending on the kind of tree and year and see how much it’s grown.
where you live, you may have to Growing up with a tree can give a
take some precautions to protect child a good sense of how long it
your tree from disease or insects takes for trees to mature, and a
and animals. Maybe feed and water better understanding of
it in the beginning. After that, environmental concerns. You can
it will probably do pretty well also use tree planting as an
on its own. opportunity to teach your child
about the role of trees in
Planting a tree for a special pollution control, erosion
occasion is a good way to start a prevention, and other concepts.
family tradition that you and To share the experience, suggest
your children can cherish to your child’s teacher that
memories of for years to come. If planting a tree could be a good
your yard is already chock full, class project. Better yet, offer
or you don’t have a yard, many to organize it yourself.
your child’s favorite color, or
If you are planting a tree with a maybe a fruit tree of their
child, take their personality favorite fruit, or one that
into consideration and let them flowers around the time of their
be part of the selection process. birthday. Giving your child a
You can go to a nursery or garden connection to nature and
store and learn about what kinds protecting it can be a great
of trees would be best for your birthday gift that pays dividends
climate and the part of your yard in the future.
where it will go. If possible,
select a tree whose leaves are
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