Celebrating trees and the planet where they live

Several kids using shovels to bury and plant a tree, many adults are in the background supervising and taking photos
Mt. Lebanon will celebrate Arbor Day on April 25, with a tree planting at Hoover Elementary School. Last year’s ceremony, pictured, was at Foster Elementary. Photo: John Schisler

Hoover Elementary School is the venue for this year’s Arbor Day celebration at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 25. A joint production between the municipality and the Mt. Lebanon School District, the event will include student poetry and music, remarks by Hoover principal Dr. Nicci Giehll, school board president Valerie Fleischer and Mt. Lebanon Commissioner Craig Grella, followed by the reading of a Tree City proclamation and a tree planting on school grounds. Mt. Lebanon has been recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA since 2007, and the Arbor Day celebration is one of the requirements for maintaining that status.

Mt. Lebanon celebrates Earth Day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, April 27, in Mt. Lebanon Park. The event will feature a variety of local businesses, offering energy-efficient products, local artisans, a clothing swap nonprofits, green building and construction resources, the Mt Lebanon High School Environmental Club, music, representatives from Mt. Lebanon’s Resiliency Board, local Girl Scout troops, and many other eco-minded vendors. Learn about alternative and renewable energy, electrification, electric vehicles, air and water quality, composting, recycling, energy efficiency, healthy soil, native gardening and more.