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Home My WebLink About04/09/2024 03. Arbor Day proclamation 1 0 k'''''..-.. BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. 3. For Meeting of:April 9, 2024 ITEM TITLE: Arbor Day proclamation SUBMITTED BY: Dave Zabel!, Interim City Manager SUMMARY EXPLANATION: Attached is a proclamation celebrating Arbor Day on April 13, 2024. Garrett Brenden, Education Director at the Yakima Area Arboretum, will be accepting the proclamation. ITEM BUDGETED: STRATEGIC PRIORITY: APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL BY THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION: ATTACHMENTS: Description Upload Date Type a Arbor Day 2024 proclamation 4/5/2024 Corer Memo 2 ant 0E T,,�KIJV1A T RO C L A .AKA 2'I O W `G 1 R Em, in 1827, J. Sterling(Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees and the holiday, Arbor Day; and `G1I E�,E` AS,Arbor Day was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska and is now observed through the nation and the world, and WIPE EMS, the Yakima Area Arboretum, in 2000, established the Arbor 'Festival to encourage an appreciation for trees and nature in the Yakima area and it has grown to one of the largest Arbor Day festivals in the Pacific Northwest; and WIPE EMS, trees can lower our heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce o. ygen, and provide habitat for wildlife; and ` I-PE A.S, trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business areas, and beauti5 our community— trees are a source of joy and spiritual renewal, WOW TIPEUTOIM I, Patricia Byers, Wayor of the City of(Yakima and on behalf of the City Council hereby proclaim the second Saturday in April as liARBORDAer in the City of Yakima and recognize the Yakima Area Arboretum's Arbor'Festival as the City's official celebration. The City of Yakima encourages all citizens to plant and care for trees to promote the well-being of this andfuture generations. Dated this 9th day of April, 2024 Patricia Byers, Wayor KNoGET O it "s31. Distributed at the i n * '•. ELEBRATE Meeting J 3 v. ! f Arbor Dayrai y VAKI AREA The idea for a national Arbor Day originally ARBORETUM J ) I g`�� / came from a Nebraska pioneer named J. ORIGIN Sterling Morton. Morton and his wife, Established in 1967,the Yakima Area Arboretum is a nonprofit,member Caroline, faced with the treeless plains of supported,"living museum"of 46 acres of their new home, quickly worked to fill the J"csEi ',j1� Si trees,shrubs,and grasses managed as barren landscape with the trees, shrubs collections,display gardens,and natural and flowers they loved. Morton used his SATU R DAY areas. position as a newspaperman to spread the 13TH OF APRIL 2024 ��, word about the importance of planting LOAM TO 3PM I' EDUCATION trees. The Arboretum provides educational 4 programs, including �" �"" ' p free field trips reaching In 1872, Morton convinced the Nebraska � ,.� ��+ , 2,000 students annually,adult classes on :;, ` i topics like floral design and Board of Agriculture to declare a state lIeU}F� ell �, identification,and interpretive center "Arbor Day" on April loth and over 1 million �' exhibits. trees were planted on the first EVENTS Arbor Day. Today, Arbor Day is Our events bring in thousands of people from celebrated nationally. In the Yakima Valley area and beyond.They offer Washington State, 4 an opportunity for families to spend time the Legislature together appreciating the beauty of nature. UpC01111 g designated the Some of our premier events include: ArborFest (you're here!),Garden Tours in June, v A w r n+s second Wednesday 4.1 and Luminaria in December. i°1iC! L a k. In April as Arbor Day. ..... �� May 9 RENTALS ir Spring Plant Sale I*Imt dIG ,,r At YAA,we believe every celebration 11 Members Only should be as unique as you are. , May 10/11 versatile event spaces provide the ideal Y labackdrop for birthdays,wedd� Spring Plant Saleshowers, rrwe �ngs,bab June 22/23 0 rwaup I celebrations of life,and more. r O `«' '' Garden Tours To our Sponsors i Solid Waste Division MEMBERSHIP June 27 Membership dollars help to sustain the , ailb Trivia night at Single Hill Brewing Itiorii PACIFIC POWER Arboretum's many collections and ' rife June 24-August 16 POWERING YOUR GREATNESS to special members'only programs. Member benefits include access Nature Day Camp Weekly Sessions s�el y°,l events and • to owl,voluntee2s Jul discounts for Nature Day Camp and the gift . Y 4 ��,1�1) Cand station, `- shop. Members Only Ice Cream Social and J Washington ® Firework Viewing * IesEija1 \a:1rueraa l =�4� 8 7 f Jewett Pond j z...efe!. STATION GUIDE `'` ' a> � ' Check-In Table Pick-up your Arbor Fun g Nile jli 10 1'8 21 ,, 4 3 FREE Books and Bags LStamp Book and Program and Prize After! - Inside the building Joyful 11 17 22 -g 2. First Aid Supplies-Jewett Center Gift Shop thanks to Yakima Japanese Restrooms-Jewett Interpretive Center and County Solid Waste! Garden 12 11)1 24 23 ;�; by the Rose Garden �; t f r , Z o 13 25 4 35 36 1 A Pollinators Path to the Yakima Valley Fruit x ,.t �' 14 26 `;1 r .. W+ WSU Yakima County Master Gardeners (� ?~ a1i)l)tl [Q�/7 Get you 1,,` r \ 0 di. e 0 I!�Ir IF 1 y 1 28 30 .� tree here! Flower Power Painting r court r29 2 Tacos Don Chao Davis HS Outdoors Club Rose Waffle on a Stick Garden Jewett lnterpreti Center-or 3 FUN from Farm to Fork Arboretum Gifta,candy,and Shopps More I Soda, chi Thrive Yakima Valley �,I1� u ertalisnlertt Reserved Parking POWER of the FLOWER is in its PARTS �--OW4) did/dbie for p�t��a�e Parking WA Native Plant Society 5 The Beauty of Clean Water Yakima Stormwater Management 10 Pretty Problems 19 Flowers to Fruit:Sincerely,the Pollinators 28 Best Friends:Apple Blossoms and Bees Yakima County Noxious Weed Board USDA-ARSTemperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Yakima Valley Museum 6 Pollinator Match Research Unit Heritage Gardens 11 Mammoths Love Flowers! 20 Adventure Begins at the Library 29 Orchard Soils Wenas Mammoth Foundation Yakima Valley Library WA State Department of Ecology TCP 7 Roundabout Flowers WA Dept.of Transportation 12 Pollinator and Flower Matching 21 Make your own button! 30 Trees Thrive in Safe Soil! WA Dept.of Agriculture Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group - WA State Department of Health 0 Basalt Daisy If You Do WA Dept.of Natural Resources Habitats at Home 13 L2 Native Tree Identification 31 The World of Nature in Miniature WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife Washington Conservation Corps Yakima Valley Bonsai Society 9 Protecting our Forests Naches Ranger District USFS Trails for Everyone Forever Endangered Plants from Around the World 14 y 23 The Promise of Pollination 32 g Washington Trails Association Cowiche Canyon Conservancy Meet a Greenheart Exchange Student 15 Beautiful Blooms 24 Hello Pollinators,Goodbye Pests! 33 Dr.Treerific! FREE Tree Giveaway Canyon Blooms Petals for Patients Woodland Park Zoo Yakima Area Arboretum Plant Sale Native Plants:Pollinator Powerhouses! Tree-mendous Memories:Capture34 Flowers Rock! LOA r / 16 Tapteal Native Plants 25 Fun of ArborFest the ` Yakima Rock&Mineral Club - Z — OJ Pacific Power, Home Energy Savings �° p 17 Keep it Clean and Germ Free! 26 Pollen Toss and Find the Queen 35 Mushrooms are Fungus' Flower Yakima Health District Central Washington Beekeepers Association Yakima Valley Mushroom Society \ \�� Fantastic Features of Flowers 27 Fruit Trees in Bloom 36 What's a True Flower and What ` :,, , 18 Leaf on the Wind Arboriculture Ilc WTFRC Yakima Area Arboretum's Nature Day Camp and Naturalist Program