West Windsor has earned the title of Tree City USA consecutively for 39 years, and the township’s Shade Tree Commission will celebrate Arbor Day on Saturday, April 28, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Ronald R. Rogers Arboretum, corner of Clarksville and Princeton-Hightstown roads, across from High School South. (In case of rain, the event will be held in the West Windsor Senior Center, within the municipal complex.)
The highlight of the celebration will be the awarding of prizes to winners in the commission’s traditional art contest among WW-P school children with the theme, “Why are trees important to the world and to West Windsor in particular.”
As winners receive their prize money—generously donated by Friends of West Windsor Open Space and Princeton Corridor Rotary Club—they will be invited to share with us the inspiration for their art work. Local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will participate and entertainment will be provided by a music group from the High School South.
Refreshments, as well as free tree seedlings, will be available. A new tree will be ceremoniously planted as an addition to the Arboretum.
This event provides an opportunity for West Windsor residents to hear what their Shade Tree Commission is planning for the township’s forest resources, its response to the emerald ash borer invasion and plans for replacing those street trees that die. Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you.
— Ronald Slinn
Kathleen Girandola
Dan Dobromilsky
Slinn is chairman of the West Windsor Shade Tree Commission, Girandola is vice chair and Dobromilsky is the township’s landscape architect.
