Huntington Beach celebrates Arbor Day with tree planting

Mike Rehberger from the Huntington Beach Public Works Department helps students from S.A. Moffett Elementary School plant a melaleuca tree during an Arbor Day event at Drew Park on Wednesday.

Students from S.A. Moffett Elementary School grab shovels and plant a melaleuca tree during an Arbor Day celebration Wednesday at Drew Park in Huntington Beach.

Moffett Elementary students Mia Bertron, Leah Guskos and Grace Seals, from left, read about Arbor Day and the importance of trees during a tree-planting ceremony at Drew Park in Huntington Beach on Wednesday.

Two volunteers from the Huntington Beach Tree Society watch students from S.A. Moffett Elementary School read tree-related poetry during an Arbor Day celebration and tree planting at Drew Park in Huntington Beach on Wednesday.

Moffett Elementary students including Saxon Baltzer, rights, plant a melaleuca tree during an Arbor Day ceremony Wednesday at Drew Park in Huntington Beach.

Moffett Elementary students help Gil Brito of the Huntington Beach Public Works Department plant a shoestring acacia tree Wednesday at Drew Park in Huntington Beach to commemorate Arbor Day.

Mike Rehberger of the Huntington Beach Public Works Department tells students from S.A. Moffett Elementary School about the melaleuca tree they were planting during an Arbor Day event Wednesday at Drew Park in Huntington Beach.

Moffett Elementary School students join Mike Rehberger from Huntington Beach Public Works in planting a melaleuca tree as the Huntington Beach Tree Society mascot looks on during an Arbor Day ceremony at Drew Park on Wednesday.

Members of the Huntington Beach Tree Society help their mascot with its costume during Wednesday’s Arbor Day celebration at Drew Park in Huntington Beach.