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Arbor Day Tree Giveaway
April 30, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Arbor Day Tree Giveaway
Saturday, April 30
8:00am – 12:00pm
City Building Parking lot (Walter Gieske Family Community Garden)
2355 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017
The Fort Mitchell Tree Board will offer 17 different varieties of native trees to choose from via a drive-through with the option of walking up to the giveaway. Please enter from Dixie Highway and exit on Silver Avenue as this will be one-way during the event.
Tree varieties include:
Acer Saccharum (Sugar Maple)
Aronia Melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)
Asimina Triloba (Pawpaw)
Betula Nigra (River Birch)
Carpinus Caroliniana (American Hornbeam)
Carya Laciniosa (Shellbark Hickory)
Cercis Canadensis (Redbud)
Diospyros Virginiana (Persimmon)
Hamamelis Virginiana (Common Witchhazel)
Hypericum Frondosum (St. John’s Wort)
Pinus Taeda (Loblolly Pine)
Quercus Coccinea (Scarlet Oak)
Rhus Copallina (Flameleaf Black Sumac)
Sambucus Canadensis (Elderberry)
Taxodium Distichum (Bald Cypress)
Viburnum Dentatum (Arrowwood Viburnum)
Viburnum Opulus Var. Americanum (Highbush Cranberry)
Helpful hint: When researching trees to find the best fit for your property, search the Latin name provided to get your information. Searching by the common name will pull up not only the native varieties, but also different cultivars. Names in addition to the Latin name are cultivars and varieties, which may have different attributes.