DETROIT – About 40 high school students from East English Village Preparatory Academy on Friday joined arborists and landscapers from the City of Detroit Forestry Department, Greening of Detroit and the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House for an Arbor Day celebration and tree planting on the hill at Detroit's Balduck Park.
The students, with a little guidance from the landscapers, planted 19 trees up and down the hill. The experts showed the students how to properly plant the Norway spruce trees, which were donated by the Ford House.
Some students even took selfies and group photos with their trees, which they gave names like “Sunshine,” and promised to come back to see how they have grown.
Arbor Day 2017 was Friday, April 28.
Photos and video by Clare Pfeiffer