Issue 8
Updated February 22, 2012
Trees now grace Garfield Street
By Theresa Rohloff
Gazette Reporter
info@acadianagazette.com
Volunteers line up and sign in before the tree planting begins at the annual Arbor Day event held last Saturday, sponsored by TreesAcadiana. Photo by Theresa Rohloff
Additionally, citrus trees were planted on the west side of Garfield.
TreesAcadiana President Sarah Schoeffler provides instructions on the planting process at the annual Arbor Day tree planting event held last Saturday. Photo by Theresa Rohloff
“I was expecting smaller trees. These are nice-sized trees,” commented Jennifer Sevrendsen, who helped with the volunteer efforts. “These will be beautiful come spring.”
Girl Scout volunteers pause to watch a train go by at the TreesAcadiana Arbor Day planting in the buffer zone between Garfield Street and the railroad tracks. Photo by Theresa Rohloff
“In keeping with the Building Green Cities Workshop idea of revitalizing older neighborhoods, TreesAcadiana focused its efforts this Arbor Day in the Freetown-Port Rico neighborhoods as the beginning of a linear park-buffer zone along the railroad tracks,” said Sarah Schoeffler, TreesAcadiana president.
The Salvation Army provided a mobile “canteen” with set-ups for coffee and donuts in the morning and chili dogs and jambalaya around noon for volunteers working on the TreesAcadiana Arbor Day project. Photo by Theresa Rohloff
The traffic support from the Lafayette Police Department, assistance from Lafayette Fire Department in refilling the tanks and accommodations offered by Ken and Deborah Simeral by opening their warehouse at Garfield helped make the morning outdoors pleasant for everyone. The banner at signup — “Building Green Cities, One Neighborhood at a Time” — seemed to say it all.
For more information, visit www.TreesAcadiana.org.