Fairhaven High School biology students help plant an Eastern Redbud tree in front of FHS on Arbor Day, 4/29/22, working with the tree warden and the public works department. Photo by John Maciel for the Fairhaven Neighborhood News.
By Beth David, Editor
Fairhaven Tree Warden Don Collasius enlisted the help of biology students at Fairhaven High School to plant a couple of trees in front the school on Arbor Day, 4/29/22. The students not only picked the species of tree, The Eastern Redbud, they helped plant them.
“These are the rock stars who got this done today,” said Mr. Collasius at a short ceremony in front of the school. “You guys are awesome, you did a great job.”
Mr. Collasius said the project came about when the FHS Alumni Association asked about removing some overgrown shrub, and it grew into a planting project.
“Arbor Day is intended to acknowledge the importance of trees and their care,” said Mr. Collasius, adding that with climate change, trees are recognized even more for their importance.
All around the world on Arbor Day, he said, people are doing the same thing: “And that’s planting trees for their beauty, for their ability to store carbon and just to make the world a betfer place.”
Fairhaven High School biology students help plant an Eastern Redbud tree in front of FHS on Arbor Day, 4/29/22, working with the tree warden and the public works department. Photo by John Maciel for the Fairhaven Neighborhood News.
Mr. Collasius also thanked many people and organizations for making the day possible, including Eversource, which donated the trees.
The tree department planted 12 trees around town on Arbor Day, with the help of the public works department, which dug the holes.
Select Board Vice Chair Leon Correy and SB member Bob Espindola were also on hand for the event.
Mr. Correy thanked Mr. Collasius and the students who helped, saying it was “fun to watch” the students plant the trees.
“As a coastal town the environment does so much for us,” said Mr. Correy. “It’s what we admire, it’s what we live with and what we appreciate.”
He said it also brings in otehr people: “They admire what we have.”
He then told everyone to go out and plant something for Arbor Day.
Fairhaven Cable Access TV covered the event which can be viewed at https://www.fairhaventv.com/single-post/arbor-day-2022
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