Outstanding Education Program Award by the Georgia Urban Forest Council recently.
The Georgia Urban Forest Council recognized the Roswell Rotary and the Chattahoochee Nature Center as recipients of the Outstanding Education Program Award for the Arbor Day 2012 project - Trees Across Roswell recently in Columbus, GA. The project brought together numerous Roswell scouts, civic organizations and citizens to plant 2,500 trees in Roswell.
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In conjunction with recent Arbor Day events, the club planted trees at the Smith Plantation.
Members of the Roswell Garden Club recently planted 30 trees on the grounds of historic Smith Plantation in celebration of Arbor Day 2012. The trees were supplied by the Roswell Rotary.
Girl Scout troops 27322, 10517, and 28314 helped plant seedlings at the school on Saturday, Feb. 18.
Hembree Springs Elementary School is the proud beneficiary of over 50 trees thanks to the Roswell Rotary Trees Across Roswell project. Tara and David Robertson of Ecosystems Services, Inc., a local irrigation services company, coordinated receiving the trees from Roswell Rotary and the planting by three Girl Scout troops, the Hembree Springs Dads Club and parent volunteers, including Roswell City Councilman Rich Dippolito. Girl Scout troops 27322, 10517, and 28314 brought shovels, pine straw, volunteers and fun to the community beautification project. The students are looking forward to watching the small trees grow at their school.
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Roswell Patch stopped by city hall this weekend to check out local residents planting trees in honor of the Arbor Day weekend.
Members of Roswell Rotary and Cub Scout Pack 135 turned out to plant some of the 2,500 seedlings purchased by the Rotary for planting this weekend. In addition to planting events at Bulloch Hall and Hembree Springs Elementary, local residents planted trees at Roswell City Hall as well.
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Coordinated efforts between the city, local non-profits and the Boy and Girl Scouts of America are responsible for this massive undertaking.
More than 2,500 trees will be planted throughout North Fulton during the week of Georgia's Arbor Day, Feb. 17. Dubbed "Trees Across Roswell," the joined effort is a partnership between the Roswell Rotary Club, the Chattahoochee Nature Center, the city of Roswel the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of America. "A considerable amount of effort and coordination has gone into the planning," Theo Keyserling of the Roswell Rotary. The festivities begin with a kick off event at the Chattahoochee Nature Center at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, featuring several local and state leaders. Organizers predict around 350 children will pick up the 2,500 seedlings purchased by Roswell Rotary with instructions and maps of the Roswell area indicating where…
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8:16 am on Monday, April 22, 2013
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