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Oxford observes Arbor Day
OXFORD – The Oxford Village Tree Board held its thirty-second annual “Tree City USA” Arbor Day Celebration on Saturday, April 28, at the LaFayette Park bandstand.
The event included an award ceremony beginning with a proclamation, prize presentations to three Oxford Academy fifth grade Arbor Day poster contest winners, and a give away of 50 seedling evergreen trees and a variety of 150 seedling shrubs. The Oxford Village Tree Board encouraged families and individuals to have a planting celebration of their own on Arbor Day.
Oxford was recently named a "Tree City USA", for its twenty-fifth 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 John Godfrey, Jeanie Petersen, Gray Stevens, Sandy Dain, and Jean Curtis. Accepting the Tree City USA flag and award from the DEC Forester was 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 for this year are the Norway Spruce, Picea Abies, and Frasier Fir, Abies fraseri. Both are hardy evergreen “Christmas” trees which have been purchased 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 Norway Spruce tree (zone 2), is a fast growing tree that can grow to 150 feet. It has a conical form, with horizontal to upward sweeping branches that have gracefully drooping branchlets. The dense, dark green needles never get longer than 1", and it’s one of the best conifers for shelters and windbreaks.
The Frasier Fir (zone 4), is closely related to the balsam fir. It is a narrow, pyramidal tree with glossy, dark green needles. 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.
The Village Tree Board has opted for some attractive flowering shrub seedlings: Rose of Sharon, Butterfly Bush, Forsythia, Eastern Redbud, and Red Dogwood. Rose of Sharon -Althea- is an erect shrub or small tree that flowers July through September. Butterfly Bush will have fragrant flowers July through the fall. Forsythia has yellow flowers in April for 2-3 weeks. Known as the harbinger of spring, the eastern redbud’s delicate blossoms and buds are one of the season’s most dramatic displays. The Red Dogwood is a slender, upright shrub with red stems and white drupe fruit in mid-August. (It’s best in wet or swampy conditions.)
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 founder of Arbor Day, J. Sterling Morton said it best more than 140 years ago, "Other holidays repose upon the past. Arbor Day proposes for the future."
The event included an award ceremony beginning with a proclamation, prize presentations to three Oxford Academy fifth grade Arbor Day poster contest winners, and a give away of 50 seedling evergreen trees and a variety of 150 seedling shrubs. The Oxford Village Tree Board encouraged families and individuals to have a planting celebration of their own on Arbor Day.
Oxford was recently named a "Tree City USA", for its twenty-fifth 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 John Godfrey, Jeanie Petersen, Gray Stevens, Sandy Dain, and Jean Curtis. Accepting the Tree City USA flag and award from the DEC Forester was 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 for this year are the Norway Spruce, Picea Abies, and Frasier Fir, Abies fraseri. Both are hardy evergreen “Christmas” trees which have been purchased 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 Norway Spruce tree (zone 2), is a fast growing tree that can grow to 150 feet. It has a conical form, with horizontal to upward sweeping branches that have gracefully drooping branchlets. The dense, dark green needles never get longer than 1", and it’s one of the best conifers for shelters and windbreaks.
The Frasier Fir (zone 4), is closely related to the balsam fir. It is a narrow, pyramidal tree with glossy, dark green needles. 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.
The Village Tree Board has opted for some attractive flowering shrub seedlings: Rose of Sharon, Butterfly Bush, Forsythia, Eastern Redbud, and Red Dogwood. Rose of Sharon -Althea- is an erect shrub or small tree that flowers July through September. Butterfly Bush will have fragrant flowers July through the fall. Forsythia has yellow flowers in April for 2-3 weeks. Known as the harbinger of spring, the eastern redbud’s delicate blossoms and buds are one of the season’s most dramatic displays. The Red Dogwood is a slender, upright shrub with red stems and white drupe fruit in mid-August. (It’s best in wet or swampy conditions.)
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 founder of Arbor Day, J. Sterling Morton said it best more than 140 years ago, "Other holidays repose upon the past. Arbor Day proposes for the future."
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