HAMPTON—
Arbor Day, which falls this year on Friday, April 29, is a day set aside to increase awareness of the importance of trees. In honor of the 125th Anniversary of Arbor Day in Hampton, the Hampton Historical Society is asking the community to join them in a celebration of trees in their community. With a grant from the Rye Driftwood Garden Club, the museum has purchased two sugar maple trees and an ornamental cherry, which they will be planting on the Museum Green on Arbor Day with the help of local contractor Vic Lessard.
It is a tradition in the town to plant trees on Arbor Day. Hampton first celebrated Arbor Day in 1886. On that day, 125 years ago, numerous maple trees were planted on the grounds of the Academy, as were many pine trees that still stand today along Academy Avenue. In 1938, in honor of the town’s Tercentenary Celebration, about 130 sugar maple trees were planted near the center of town.
The Museum and the Leavitt Barn will be open for the event. Students from the Marston Centre and Sacred Heart Schools will display their tree art on clotheslines around the museum grounds. Guy Giunta from the Governor’s Lilac and Wildflower Commission will be giving away lilac starts, and the Hampton Recycling Committee, the UNH Cooperative Extension Forestry & Wildlife Program and the Hampton Arts Network will participate. Bring a picnic and help celebrate with the trees and the community! The event takes place at the Tuck Museum, 40 Park Avenue in Hampton, on Friday, April 29, from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information contact the Hampton Historical Society at info@hamptonhistoricalsociety.org or (603) 929-0781.
Photo caption: The Tuck Museum is the home of the Hampton Historical Society. On April 29, the Society will celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees on the museum grounds. (Photo by Rich Hureau, courtesy www.hamptonhistoricalsociety.org)
Arbor Day, which falls this year on Friday, April 29, is a day set aside to increase awareness of the importance of trees. In honor of the 125th Anniversary of Arbor Day in Hampton, the Hampton Historical Society is asking the community to join them in a celebration of trees in their community. With a grant from the Rye Driftwood Garden Club, the museum has purchased two sugar maple trees and an ornamental cherry, which they will be planting on the Museum Green on Arbor Day with the help of local contractor Vic Lessard.
It is a tradition in the town to plant trees on Arbor Day. Hampton first celebrated Arbor Day in 1886. On that day, 125 years ago, numerous maple trees were planted on the grounds of the Academy, as were many pine trees that still stand today along Academy Avenue. In 1938, in honor of the town’s Tercentenary Celebration, about 130 sugar maple trees were planted near the center of town.
The Museum and the Leavitt Barn will be open for the event. Students from the Marston Centre and Sacred Heart Schools will display their tree art on clotheslines around the museum grounds. Guy Giunta from the Governor’s Lilac and Wildflower Commission will be giving away lilac starts, and the Hampton Recycling Committee, the UNH Cooperative Extension Forestry & Wildlife Program and the Hampton Arts Network will participate. Bring a picnic and help celebrate with the trees and the community! The event takes place at the Tuck Museum, 40 Park Avenue in Hampton, on Friday, April 29, from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information contact the Hampton Historical Society at info@hamptonhistoricalsociety.org or (603) 929-0781.
Photo caption: The Tuck Museum is the home of the Hampton Historical Society. On April 29, the Society will celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees on the museum grounds. (Photo by Rich Hureau, courtesy www.hamptonhistoricalsociety.org)
