{"id":21354,"date":"2018-04-21T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=21354"},"modified":"2018-04-24T16:37:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T20:37:24","slug":"kent-county-to-host-arbor-day-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/04\/21\/kent-county-to-host-arbor-day-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent County to Host Arbor Day Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Partners to Name Poster Contest Winners, Provide Free Seedlings<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7437\/12003592056_098b74b846_b_d.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"440\" \/>The Kent County Forestry Board will announce the county&#8217;s 2018 Arbor Day Poster Contest winners and celebrate Chestertown\u2019s 37th anniversary as a Tree City USA participant on April 24\u00a0at 1:15 p.m. in the Kent County Courthouse Courtyard on Cross Street. In case of inclement weather the ceremony will be moved to Garnett Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, third and fifth-graders from across the county are invited to create posters honoring Arbor Day. Third-graders showcased &#8220;Trees For Clean Water and Happy Wildlife!&#8221; and fifth-graders followed the theme \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/2018-Arbor-Day-Poster-Contest-Winners.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trees are Terrific\u2026and Make Communities Healthy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Locally, the program is held annually under the sponsorship and cooperation of the Kent County Forestry Board, the Kent County Commissioners and the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty students will be recognized and awarded varying prizes. The top five winners per grade will receive cash prizes up to $50 and their posters featured on a tee shirt. The 20 honorable mentions will receive $2 bills and commemorative t-shirts. All participants will receive ribbons and their posters displayed during the event and throughout the week in the Chestertown Town Office and participating downtown store windows.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately following the Arbor Day Ceremony, Chestertown will receive its Tree City USA award and reflect on its annual Tree Improvement Town Accomplishments.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also in celebration of Arbor Day, the Kent County Forestry Board will be giving away free tree seedlings April 24-27 at sites throughout the county. Locations and operating hours are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chestertown Town Office: Weekdays, 9 a.m.\u20135 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Betterton Town Office: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8 a.m.-3 p.m. (Closed Wednesdays)<\/li>\n<li>Kent County Recreation Center in Worton: Weekdays, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Saturday 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Rock Hall Town Office: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Millington Town Office: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Galena Town Office: Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Kent Soil and Water Conservation District Office: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p. m.<\/li>\n<li>Kent County Commissioners: Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. &#8211; 4:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year, four species of tree seedlings will be given away: beautyberry, river birch, persimmon and red chokeberry. These 1-year-old seedlings are approximately 10 inches tall and packaged two per bundle. Limited quantities are available to be given on a first come, first served basis from these partner locations.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland&#8217;s Arbor Day is always the first Wednesday in April and National Arbor Day is celebrated the last Friday in April making the entire month a grand tree-mendous celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partners to Name Poster Contest Winners, Provide Free Seedlings The Kent County Forestry Board will announce the county&#8217;s 2018 Arbor Day Poster Contest winners and celebrate Chestertown\u2019s 37th anniversary as a Tree City USA participant on April 24\u00a0at 1:15 p.m. in the Kent County Courthouse Courtyard on Cross Street. In case of inclement weather the<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/04\/21\/kent-county-to-host-arbor-day-celebration\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1965,23],"tags":[2940,2941,3870,3423,3864,3063,3261,3923,4174,4242],"class_list":["post-21354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","category-land","tag-arbor-day","tag-arbor-day-poster-contest","tag-betterton","tag-chestertown","tag-galena","tag-kent-county","tag-rock-hall","tag-seedlings","tag-tree-seedlings","tag-trees-are-terrific"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21354"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21386,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21354\/revisions\/21386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}