{"id":22759,"date":"2018-11-27T15:02:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T20:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=22759"},"modified":"2018-12-02T20:45:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T01:45:33","slug":"media-advisory-departments-annual-tree-lighting-ceremony-set-for-thursday-november-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2018\/11\/27\/media-advisory-departments-annual-tree-lighting-ceremony-set-for-thursday-november-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory: Department&#8217;s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Set for Thursday, November 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20837\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/11\/22\/maryland-department-of-agricultures-top-10-reasons-to-buy-a-fresh-locally-grown-christmas-tree-3\/attachment\/realtree\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/realtree.jpg?fit=1688%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1688,788\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"realtree\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/realtree.jpg?fit=760%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-20837\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/realtree.jpg?resize=760%2C355\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/realtree.jpg?resize=1024%2C478&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/realtree.jpg?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/realtree.jpg?resize=768%2C359&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/realtree.jpg?w=1688&amp;ssl=1 1688w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/11\/realtree.jpg?w=1520 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/>ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Join us for the Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2019s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Thursday, November 29 at 4:30 p.m. Every year the department displays a Maryland-grown tree outside its headquarters to encourage residents to support our state\u2019s Christmas tree farmers by buying local holiday trees.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s tree is a 14-foot Norway Spruce donated by Ken and Barbara Willets of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eandetrees.com\/\">E&amp;E Trees<\/a> in Frederick County. Decorations for the tree will include dried gourds painted by the Annapolis High School Art Club and the National Art Honor Society. Pat and Cindy Hochmuth of Pat&#8217;s Produce &amp; Gourds in Wicomico County supplied the dried gourds.<\/p>\n<p>Come early to this year\u2019s celebration to enjoy apple cranberry cookies baked fresh by the students of the Annapolis High School Culinary Club. The apples used in the cookie recipe are from Catoctin Mountain Orchard in Frederick County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT: Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2019s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN: Thursday, November 29<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4:15 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Department staff and Annapolis High School students\/faculty will arrive<\/li>\n<li><strong>4:30 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Annual lighting of the tree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHERE: Maryland Department of Agriculture Headquarters,\u00a0<\/strong><em>50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO:\u00a0<\/strong>Maryland Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder, department staff, the Annapolis High School Art Club, the National Art Honor Society, the Annapolis High School Culinary Club, and Annapolis High School culinary and art teachers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RSVP:\u00a0<\/strong>Please confirm attendance by contacting Megan Guilfoyle at 410-841-5889 or <a href=\"mailto:megan.guilfoyle@maryland.gov\">megan.guilfoyle@maryland.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MdAgDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">@MdAgDept<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 Join us for the Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2019s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Thursday, November 29 at 4:30 p.m. Every year the department displays a Maryland-grown tree outside its headquarters to encourage residents to support our state\u2019s Christmas tree farmers by buying local holiday trees. This year\u2019s tree is a 14-foot Norway Spruce<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2018\/11\/27\/media-advisory-departments-annual-tree-lighting-ceremony-set-for-thursday-november-29\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22759"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22792,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22759\/revisions\/22792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}