ARBOR DAY

in Lexington County

Trees are important! A committee, formed by the Lexington Soil and Water Conservation District and the Lexington County Landscape Administrator, has been working on the 2011 Arbor Day Activities for Lexington County schools. The activities will culminate on December 2, 2011.

This program is intended to help educate our students about how and why trees are important to us. This is a great age for them to learn how to properly take care of the trees they have or will have when they plant new ones.

Six schools from Districts 1 (Pelion Elementary, Pleasant Hill Elementary, & White Knoll Elementary), 2 (C.A. Taylor, & Pineview Elementary), and 5 (Irmo Elementary) responded this year to take part in the Arbor Day activities. We will be sending these teachers some resource information for them to use in developing classroom activities to fit into their teaching curriculum. The literature will provide many possibilities to select from for this event. We will include items from the National Arbor Day Foundation and from Clemson University.

We will develop a program for each school for the activities on Friday, December 2, 2011. Members of the Lexington Soil and Water Conservation District, Lexington County Council Members or the Lexington County Landscape Administrator will assist in these programs. We will make a presentation to a general assembly of fourth graders. We will end with the planting of a Red Bud tree on the school property. The trees are being donated to the schools by the Palmetto Pride Organization, through a grant for the trees, arranged by the Soil and Water Conservation District.

The Lexington County Council publicly recognized Arbor Day this year to be December 2, 2011 in Lexington County with a Resolution given to the Lexington Soil & Water Conservation District on October 25, 2011.

2011 Youth Photography Winners

Division I (Grades 9-12)
 

"Friends" by Alice Stevens Trees and Plants First Place	"Mr. McGregor's Garden" by Hannah Baldwin Trees and Plants Second Place	"Fragile Sun" by Bailey King Trees and Plants Honorable Mention
"Summer Sunset" by Alice Stevens Landscapes First Place	"Diving Too Deep for Coins" by Brianna Close Landscapes Second Place	"Blue Crops" by Jennah Riffle Landscapes Honorable Mention
"Sitting a Top a Branch" by Rachel Martin Native Wildlife First Place	"Well Hidden" by Alice Stevens Native Wildlife Second Place	"Rockin' Dragonfly" by Michaela Rule Native Wildlife Honorable Mention
"Unlatched" by Jennah Riffle Rural Life First Place	"All That Remains" by Alexander Long Rural Life Second Place	"If These Walls Could Talk" by Audrey Dooley Rural Life Honorable Mention

Division II (Grades 6-8)

 

"March Blooms" by Douglas S. Dooley, Jr Trees and Plants First Place		"Pines at Sunrise" by Douglas S. Dooley, Jr Landscapes First Place
"Feeding Sparrows" by Douglas S. Dooley, Jr Native Wildlife First Place		"Old Family Barn" by Douglas S. Dooley, Jr Rural Life First Place