Morristown To Celebrate Arbor Day With Seedling Giveaway

MORRISTOWN, NJ — The Morristown Shade Tree Commission will celebrate Arbor Day with two events. A mayoral planting will take place at Burnham Park before the town gives away seedlings outside Town Hall.

Although New Jersey recognizes Arbor Day on April 30, the events will occur May 1. The planting begins at 10:30 a.m. near the Burnham Park pool and will feature American dogwood, river birch, sweetgum and redbud.

The seedling giveaway will occur from 2-4 p.m. in the Town Hall parking lot. Supply is limited — first come, first served.

Email shadetree@townofmorristown.org for more info.

New Jersey celebrates Arbor Day on the last Friday in April, which this year is April 30. The Garden State celebrated its first Arbor Day in 1884.

The nation's first Arbor Day occurred 12 years prior in Nebraska, where more than one million trees were planted. Each state had a law designating Arbor Day by the 1920s.

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