Saratoga Springs Celebrates Arbor Day with Tree Planting Ceremony
City officials celebrated Arbor Day with a tree planting ceremony on April 25. Photo provided.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Members of the City Council, staff of the City’s urban forestry division, and representatives from Sustainable Saratoga were on hand to celebrate Arbor Day with a tree planting ceremony on Caroline Street April 25.
The event included the planting of 10 trees along Caroline Street following a sidewalk improvement project where trees were removed in 2023.
DPW Commissioner Charles “Chuck” Marshall, City Arborist Steve Lashomb, Mayor John Safford, Accounts Deputy Commissioner Stacy Connors, Finance Deputy Commissioner Heather Crocker, DPW Deputy Tad Roemer, Executive Director of Sustainable Saratoga Kelsey Trudell and representatives of Sustainable Saratoga, attended the ceremony.
“This time of year, we also celebrate the collaboration between Sustainable Saratoga and the City of Saratoga Springs for the annual Tree Toga tree planting event, through which volunteers have planted a total of 454 native trees in Saratoga,” said Kelsey Trudell of Sustainable Saratoga.
Saratoga Springs has been recognized as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation since 2017.