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Trees for Babies – Celebrating Families

Friday 20 April 2012, 12:42PM

By Dunedin City Council

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DUNEDIN

Keep Dunedin Beautiful, in conjunction with Rotary Dunedin, is holding its annual Trees for Babies event on Mother’s Day, Sunday 13 May at 11am.

This year, the trees will be planted at the Magnet Street side of the Harbour/cycle walkway.

Trees for Babies (Celebrating Families) is an environmental, beautification project.  It is a chance for people to honour, remember or acknowledge someone by planting a tree for them in a Dunedin reserve.

Previous participating families have planted trees for new babies, parents, grandparents, siblings, whole families, deceased family members or to mark milestone birthdays.

Family members are welcomed and shown how to plant the trees, the ground is blessed and then trees are planted in pre-dug holes. Certificates are presented for the person/family honoured through the planting.

Trees cost $20 and must be ordered and paid for by 9 May. Orders can be placed with Darlene Thomson, Keep Dunedin Beautiful Co-ordinator by calling 477 4000 or emailing keepdunedinbeautiful@dcc.govt.nz