WEEKEND: Activities fete Arbor Day in Port Townsend on Saturday

Published 12:01 am Saturday, April 26, 2014

PORT TOWNSEND — Several free events will celebrate Arbor Day in Port Townsend on Saturday.

National Arbor Day is today.

■ Port Townsend Parks, Recreation and Tree Advisory Board member Ron Sikes will lead a tree walk through Fort Worden State Park beginning at 9 a.m.

Participants will meet in the Fort Worden Commons parking lot. A Discover Pass is needed.

■ Board member Sarah Fairbank will lead a tree walk around the Uptown Historic District and through Chetzemoka Park at 11 a.m.

Participants will meet at the corner of Van Buren and Jefferson streets.

■ Park board members will plant a tree at Bobby McGarraugh Park at 12:30 p.m. and enjoy any remaining blooms from the 3,000 spring-flowering bulbs they planted throughout the park in October 2013 at the “Bulbfest at Bobby’s” extravaganza.

Meet at Bobby’s on Cherry Street and bring a picnic lunch.

For more information, contact Rosemary Sikes at 360-385-0307 or rosemarysikes@olympus.net.