Reforest Northern Kentucky at Kenton County's Middleton-Mills Park ~ CAN YOU DIG IT?

April 4, 2009

Can You Dig It? WNKU-FM 89.7 and the Northern Kentucky Urban & Community Forestry Council, along with many other event sponsors, will present an adventurous undertaking (Get it? "undertaking"? OK, that was a stretch) of planting 1,800 trees in Kenton County's Middleton-Mills Park ~ IN ONE DAY! On Saturday, April 4, we're gonna need a big bunch of volunteers!

On site registration will begin at 9:00 am. Sandy Run Nursery staff will demonstrate "How to Plant a Tree", Kenton County Cooperative Extension Service will demonstrate proper technique for collecting a soil sample, and Kenton County Conservation District will explain "What Is a Riparian Buffer?" By 10:30 am, you'll be planting trees! Group leaders will demonstrate and oversee tree planting by volunteers.

Bring your friends, family members, and shovels and dig in! The first 200 volunteers will receive free t-shirts! Refreshments will be provided for all volunteers. And, when the day is done, each volunteer will receive a tree seedling to plant at home.

Directions are easy: Middleton-Mills Park located at 3415 Mills Rd., Covington, KY 41015 and it is easy to find! Take I-275 to Exit 79 (Covington-Taylor Mill). Go south on KY 16 seven miles to Mills Road and turn right. Go 1 mile and turn right into the main entrance to the park and follow signs. See you there!

Can You Dig It? Reforest Northern Kentucky on Saturday, April 4 at Middleton-Mills Park! Register at http://www.kentoncountyextension.org or call (859) 356-3155.

Call Kenton County Recreation at (859) 525-PLAY (7529) to see how you can help – we are always in need of volunteers and funding sponsors for our programs!

Remember, for news of upcoming programs, activities, and events to be held in Kenton County's parks, call the Recreation office at (859) 525-PLAY (7529).