@Mason Arbor Day with the Great Barrington Tree Committee & Friends of the GB Libraries
Mason Library
Friday, Apr. 26, 3:30-5:00pm
The Great Barrington Tree Committee will hold its annual Arbor Day Celebration at Mason Library in Great Barrington on Arbor Day, April 26th, from 3:30 to 5pm.
The highlight of this year's festivities is the replanting of a red maple on the library front lawn. Arborist Tom Ingersoll and Greg Ward from Ward's Nursery are donating the tree to replace one that succumbed to disease several years ago. Mr. Ingersoll, a descendant of Laura Secord Ingersoll, will rededicate the plaque honoring her birthplace on the site of the library.
Friends of the GB Libraries will hand out Laura Secord chocolates to honor her place in local and Canadian history.
Information tables will be sponsored by the Great Barrington Agricultural Commission, Great Barrington Land Conservancy, The Great Barrington Libraries and the Friends of the GB Libraries. Devan Arnold, owner of Sassafras Land Care, will reveal his plan for pollinator gardens in the Main Street foundation beds of the Library and will be on hand for questions and advice on how to make your property part of the pollinator highway.
The community is invited to take the River Walk Tree ID Challenge and enter the raffle to win a native tree. Participants can pick up an entry at Mason Library from Earth Day through Arbor Day. Two prize winners (12 and older, 11 and younger) will be selected at the Tree Raffle Drawing at 4:45pm.As a culmination of the design plan and caring for the 80 plus trees planted on Main Street following the downtown street reconstruction, The Tree Committee and Tree Warden have documented all of the trees spanning 20 different species into a map for the public which gives each tree an address. The handouts will be available in the Library during and after the celebration.
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