Two Girl Scouts shovel dirt in around an apple tree in Gardnerville on April 25, 2025, for Arbor Day.
Photo by Kurt Hildebrand.
Gardnerville celebrated Arbor Day by planting trees with members of two Girl Scout troops.
On Arbor Day, the town planted four apple trees and two pear trees of different varieties.
They also planted a chestnut crabapple that is supposed to produce large fruit that can be eaten off the tree.
Town Public Works Superintendent Geoff LaCost said the goal is to have a row of fruit trees serving as an urban orchard along the trail.
“The reason we planted these trees is so that you can be walking along the path and have an apple or a pear, or even a sour cherry,” he said.
Representatives of Girl Scout Troops 52 and 374 helped with the planting after bringing their traditional give to own workers of cookies.
In exchange they received tree seedlings and a lesson on why trees are important and how to plant trees at home.
Arbor Day dates back to 1872 in Nebraska, just two years short of a century older than Earth Day, which was April 22.
Gardnerville has 22-year stretch as a Tree City USA, awarded by the Arbor Day Foundation.
Genoa planted a Bakeri spruce tree at the Genoa Cemetery on Arbor Day.