The Rochester, Minnesota, community got their daily dose of trees at the 14th
Annual Arbor Day Celebration at Silver Lake Park.
Maier Tree & Lawn, a Davey company, joined Rochester Public Utilities and
Rochester Park & Recreation to put on this annual event to kick off the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) 2016 State Arbor Month Celebration.
About 3,000 students, teachers and community members attended for a day of
tree fun to celebrate a month dedicated to trees.
Maier Tree sponsored three major parts of the event, including the Elementary
Arbor Day Poster Contest and a tree climbing venture for the six poster contest
winners. Maier also contributed 2,200 tree saplings to students and community
members who attended.
The difference this year? "We gave the kids a better experience in the tree," said
Jay Maier, district manager of Maier Tree & Lawn. Instead of offering the tree
climbing venture to all children at the park, Maier and his crew limited the climbing
experience to the six overall poster contest winners. This allowed them to give
each child a full climbing lesson from start to finish.
Maier was joined by a number of volunteers from his office, including Ryan Brick,
Eric Foley, Steve Hengel, Josh Jobes, Jim Kelly, Patrick Kelly, Taylor Kunkel, Don
Mueller, and Jarred Robinson – all of whom made this event a success and taught
the children the benefits of trees.
Maier Tree employees donated 2,200 tree saplings to pass out at the 14th Annual Arbor
Day Celebration in Rochester, Minnesota.
MINNESOTA GETS A LARGE DOSE OF TREES
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DAY
ARBOR
Hartney Greymont, a Davey
company, devoted an entire day
this Arbor Day for its Concord and
Needham, Massachusetts, offices
to do volunteer tree work.
Each year, these offices' crews
complete tree care for a new
location within the community. This
year's pick was a famous alley of
sugar maple trees along Wellesley
Street in Weston, Massachusetts.
The crew, including Russell Holman,
Derek Estabrooks and Justin
Narbonne, pruned, cabled, mulched
and fertilized trees and removed
several liability trees. Hartney
Greymont invited the general public
to come watch the arborists work
and celebrate Arbor Day.
SUGAR MAPLES
THRIVE WITH
HARTNEY CARE
Hartney Greymont employees from the
Concord, Massachusetts, office pruned
a number of sugar maple trees.
