51st ANNUAL SEEDLING SALE IS UNDERWAY
The Sweet Arrow Lake Conservation Association and Schuylkill Conservation District are again cooperating to sell quality seedlings for your property. Tree seedlings increase property value, enhance wildlife habitat, beautify the landscape, improve the environment, and can provide a source of income. The best part is that all proceeds raised in the seedling sale directly support our local Sweet Arrow Lake County Park, located just outside of Pine Grove off Rt. 443. Past sale proceeds have paid for programs and projects at the lake and for materials for a children’s nature camp. Sweet Arrow Lake offers many recreational, social and educational opportunities for people of all ages. Almost 590,000 tree seedlings have been sold in the past to benefit the beauty of Schuylkill County. Offerings are available for small yards to large tracts of land. Evergreens offered include: Eastern White Pine, Eastern Red Cedar and Norway Spruce. These trees are excellent ornamentals or Christmas trees and are good for windbreaks, landscaping, and dense screens. Hardwoods for sale include: White Flowering Dogwood, Washington Hawthorn, Sugar Maple, Swamp White Oak, Red Oak, White Oak, Black Chokeberry, Silky Dogwood, Elderberry, and Cranberry Viburnum.
These trees and shrubs will compliment any mix of evergreens and are beautiful no matter the time of year. Order forms can be downloaded at www.sweetarrowlake.com Or, you can request a form or more information by contacting Porcupine Pat at porcupinepat@yahoo.com or 570.391-3326. You can also get more information from Kathy Stefanick at 570.345.4963.
The order deadline is Saturday, March 21 or until supplies last. Pick up date is Saturday, May 2 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for a pickup at the large Waterfall Road Pavilion at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park. Your support is greatly appreciated!.
" There is not a person alive who should not plant a tree, not for the shade that you'll enjoy, but for those who are coming after." ~ Milton S. Hershey
