and then forget the gesture for another twelve months. planting a tree one day is no credit to us if, during the rest of the year, we neglect to care for it and those already growing. our thought on arbor day should be an expression of enduring feeling, thought and action and not just one single, isolated flame of interest.
in schools and other community groups, this day can be celebrated in many different ways.
·by planting trees or shrubs in school grounds, along neighbouring streets or in civic parks.
·by 'adopting' a patch of bush, with the landowner's consent, and caring for it by removal of weeds, rubbish, etc, by preparing firebreaks and by fencing and making paths to reduce trampling.
·by presenting a play or mime about trees in the history of australia.
·by completing a project about certain types of trees (eg. jarrah, boab, karri) or a famous tree like the gloucester tree