Oxford celebrates Arbor Day this weekend
OXFORD – The Oxford Village Tree Board met on April 14 and firmed up plans for the eighteenth annual “Tree City USA” Arbor Day Celebration. The date will be Saturday, April 30, at 9 a.m., at the LaFayette Park bandstand. Plans include an award ceremony beginning with a proclamation, prize presentations to be made to three Oxford Academy fifth grade Arbor Day poster contest winners, a poster exhibit at 6 On The Square, and a give away of 300 seedling trees. The Oxford Village Tree Board encourages families and individuals to have a planting celebration of their own on Arbor Day.
Oxford was recently named a "Tree City USA", for its eighteenth year in a row, by the National Arbor Day Foundation. One of the standards for that designation is that the community must have a tree board, which the village has. The Oxford Village Tree Board members are Roger Monaco, Gray Stevens, Dale Johnson, John Godfrey and Jeanie Petersen. Accepting the Tree City USA flag and award from the DEC Senior Forester from Sherburne, Greg Owens, will be the honorable Village of Oxford Mayor Terry M. Stark.
Having an Arbor Day observance is another standard, and the Tree Board enjoys coordinating this ceremony with a tree give away. The seedlings that were chosen are the White Spruce and Frasier Fir. Both are hardy evergreen “Christmas” trees which have been ordered from the Meadowview Tree Farm LLC, a small nursery in Western NY. Both conifers have great features making the planting decision a difficult one.
The Spruce White (zone 2), Picea gleuca, is a medium-sized tree, native to northwestern North America. It prefers full sun, does best in well-drained, sandy, acidic soils. It has stiff, 1/3 to 3/4 inch long needles which are green to blue-green, and square in cross section. When crushed a pungent “skunky” odor is apparent. Needle tips are pointed, but not sharp. It has a narrow conical form, will grow to a height of 40' to 60' tall and 10' to 20' wide.
The Frasier Fir (zone 4), Abies fraseri, is a native to the mountains of the eastern United States and Canada, and it’s closely related to the balsam fir. It is a narrow, pyramidal tree with glossy, dark green needles. The undersides of the needles have two white rows. The foliage is strongly turpentine-scented. It is not suited for hot, dry sites as it prefers moist, well-drained soil in sun to light shade. Considered a small to medium, slow growing conifer, it will grow to a height of 30’ to 50’ tall with a trunk 16 to 20 inches across. The Fraser fir has been used more times as the official Christmas tree in the White House than any other type of tree.
Meadowview LLC was established in 1983 in Byron, NY. They supply bare-root seedlings and transplants for conservation practices including reforestation, wildlife habitat and stream bank stabilization projects. Promoting tree planting is at the heart of what they do just like the Oxford Tree Board.
The seedling trees will be wrapped in moist newspaper by volunteers of the Oxford Academy High School Agriculture class under the direction of Crystal Aukema, the Ag Instructor. All you will need to do is pick a spot and dig a hole. If you can’t decide between the two evergreens, the Tree Board will let you take both. Don’t be late though, rain or shine, quite often the seedlings are gone in minutes!
Oxford was recently named a "Tree City USA", for its eighteenth year in a row, by the National Arbor Day Foundation. One of the standards for that designation is that the community must have a tree board, which the village has. The Oxford Village Tree Board members are Roger Monaco, Gray Stevens, Dale Johnson, John Godfrey and Jeanie Petersen. Accepting the Tree City USA flag and award from the DEC Senior Forester from Sherburne, Greg Owens, will be the honorable Village of Oxford Mayor Terry M. Stark.
Having an Arbor Day observance is another standard, and the Tree Board enjoys coordinating this ceremony with a tree give away. The seedlings that were chosen are the White Spruce and Frasier Fir. Both are hardy evergreen “Christmas” trees which have been ordered from the Meadowview Tree Farm LLC, a small nursery in Western NY. Both conifers have great features making the planting decision a difficult one.
The Spruce White (zone 2), Picea gleuca, is a medium-sized tree, native to northwestern North America. It prefers full sun, does best in well-drained, sandy, acidic soils. It has stiff, 1/3 to 3/4 inch long needles which are green to blue-green, and square in cross section. When crushed a pungent “skunky” odor is apparent. Needle tips are pointed, but not sharp. It has a narrow conical form, will grow to a height of 40' to 60' tall and 10' to 20' wide.
The Frasier Fir (zone 4), Abies fraseri, is a native to the mountains of the eastern United States and Canada, and it’s closely related to the balsam fir. It is a narrow, pyramidal tree with glossy, dark green needles. The undersides of the needles have two white rows. The foliage is strongly turpentine-scented. It is not suited for hot, dry sites as it prefers moist, well-drained soil in sun to light shade. Considered a small to medium, slow growing conifer, it will grow to a height of 30’ to 50’ tall with a trunk 16 to 20 inches across. The Fraser fir has been used more times as the official Christmas tree in the White House than any other type of tree.
Meadowview LLC was established in 1983 in Byron, NY. They supply bare-root seedlings and transplants for conservation practices including reforestation, wildlife habitat and stream bank stabilization projects. Promoting tree planting is at the heart of what they do just like the Oxford Tree Board.
The seedling trees will be wrapped in moist newspaper by volunteers of the Oxford Academy High School Agriculture class under the direction of Crystal Aukema, the Ag Instructor. All you will need to do is pick a spot and dig a hole. If you can’t decide between the two evergreens, the Tree Board will let you take both. Don’t be late though, rain or shine, quite often the seedlings are gone in minutes!
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