The public is invited to The Buchanan Garden Club’s annual Arbor Day celebration on
Thursday, April 28th at 10 a.m. at Buchanan Middle School. The change of site this year is to
facilitate the planting of two choke cherry trees on the grounds of the Middle School.
As in past years, there will be music and guest speakers to help celebrate Buchanan’s many trees.
Guests will include students from Buchanan Middle School and Pastor Poznik who will lead
the blessing of the city’s trees, including the ones to be planted this year. Arbor Day
comments will be made by guest speaker, Corbin Detgen. Madeline Hemphill, 2016 Miss
Buchanan, will also be in attendance, as well an ensemble from the Buchanan Community
Schools’ Music Department led by Mark Hollandsworth.
The Buchanan Garden Club, which is open to the public, is made up of 40 men and women who
meet monthly to learn more about gardening and horticulture in the Midwest. The club members
tend the Gazebo Garden and the Buchanan Welcome Sign Garden at Red Bud Trail and Front St.,
as well as the summer flower plantings in the downtown area and the farmers’ market.
For more information about Buchanan Garden Club, contact club members at: jkrossow@comcast.net