ENID, OK - In celebration of Arbor Day and as a designated Tree City USA, the City of Enid will have a tree planting ceremony at the Enid Skate Park at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 29th.
Each year the Enid Tree Board members plan an annual event and invite a classroom to assist with those plantings to encourage a love for trees and to provide an opportunity to be involved in a hands-on environmentally rewarding educational experience.
This year, the tree board will plant an Autumn blaze maple and a Corkscrew willow at the Enid Skate Park with students from Longfellow Middle School.
The tree board has a downloadable “Tree Care and Selection Guide” on the City website: www.Enid.org/TreeBoard. According to the guide, some of the best trees for Enid are Bald cypress, Lacebark elm, Cedar elm, Chinese pistache, hackberry, Shumard oak, Shantung maple, Oklahoma redbud, Bur oak, American holly, Loblolly pine, and Caddo sugar maple.
City staff member Mandi O’Dea says, “Trees are a great asset to our community and will have lasting benefits for years to come. Benefits of trees include improving visual appeal, increasing property values, providing much needed shade from the Oklahoma summer sun, removing air pollutants, and providing a wildlife habitat, just to name a few. An old Chinese proverb says: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
