The Arbor Day Tree Giveaway will be Friday from 3-6PM in Faribault, Lonsdale, Morristown and Northfield. This has been sponsored for a number of years by the Rice County Forester Committee. They have a tree planter they rent to land owners that are planting trees for windbreaks. The money is used to repair and replace the tree planter. A surplus had built up in their account so the committee thought why not purchase trees and give them away on Arbor Day.

Friday afternoon from 3-6PM you can pick up free trees at Lampert Lumber in Faribault, in Lonsdale at the Lonsdale Feed Mill, Wholesale Tire in Morristown and in Northfield at the Carlton College Arboretum lower parking lot off of Highway 19. The tree species are well adapted to Minnesota including white pine, white spruce, white oak, red oak and silver maple. They have red osier dogwood shrubs to give away, too. The Rice County Master Gardeners will be at all locations with instructions on how to plant and care for your trees.

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