Sunday, April 3, 2011

Tree party! No, this is not an Entmoot. (Anyone get that?) It’s an Arbor Day celebration for the whole family. Four Harbor’s Audubon Society, of which I am a proud member, along with the Three Village Community Trust and Frank Melville Memorial Park will be hosting a Tree Party at the Bates House at the park Saturday, April 30th. It looks to be a pretty cool event. There will be activities for the younger ones as well guided tours through the park for everyone. This is an excellent park with varied habitats including two ponds, a saltwater marsh, wooded ares, and open fields. There will be plenty of info about the trees and the animals that depend on them. Think birds, but it doesn’t stop there. Sweetbriar Nature Center will have a presentation of several animals. If you’ve never seen a Sweetbriar presentation, you’re missing out. It’s a wonderful chance to see the critters that live in our own back yards but that we very rarely get to see, and certainly not up close. Also, lest I forget, there will be free trees for all to take home. These trees were especially chosen to grow well here on Long Island. Come get yours. JK.