Santa Ana : Trees Galore Will Be Planted on Arbor Day

Wednesday is Arbor Day, and residents and officials are not letting it go by unnoticed. In fact, Arbor Day 1985 will be noticed in Santa Ana for a long time to come, thanks to several tree plantings scheduled for locations throughout the city:

At 9:30 a.m., students at Adams Elementary School will plant three Canary Island pine trees at Adams Park, 2302 S. Raitt St.

Seven coco palms will be planted on the Bristol Parkway across from Mercy General Hospital at 10:45 a.m. The hospital is located at 2701 S. Bristol St.

A large California pepper tree will be planted at the Santa Ana Zoo in Prentice Park at 11:45 a.m. During the ceremony, Fred Roth, a professor of ornamental horticulture at Cal Poly Pomona, will talk about tree maintenance and diseases.

At 1:15 in the afternoon, Madison Elementary School pupils will put on a program of poetry, song and skits at Madison Park, 1528 S. Standard Ave., while six jacaranda trees are planted. The jacaranda is Santa Ana’s official tree. Three of the trees have been donated by the citizens’ group, Let’s Improve Santa Ana (LISA). The other three will be provided by the city.

At 3 p.m., a jacaranda tree will be planted at the new Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center, 1000 E. Santa Ana Blvd.

The public is invited to all the tree plantings. For more information, call the Cultural, Recreation and Community Services Department at 834-4145.