Last weekend, Bur Oak Designs participated in the Isthmus Green Expo with a booth and a presentation on tips for green landscapes. The energy that day was phenomenal! All of the vendors in the show provided a product or service that would lessen the impact on the earth.
As part of my booth, I asked children why they thought trees were important. The children ranged in age from 5 to about 11. Here are some of their answers:
- Trees remind us that it’s not just us in the world, but that were sharing it.
- Provide shade for plants and animals.
- Provide homes for birds.
- Provide oxygen for us.
- Provide fruits and nuts for humans and animals to eat.
- Provide beauty.
- Provide wood if necessary.
- Provide a privacy screen.
- Make beavers happy.
- Climb.
- Trees are good for keeping us in balance and cleaning the air we breathe.
- Shade.
- They take CO2 out of the atmosphere. They put Oxygen into the air, and they make our planet look pretty.
- They are the lungs of the earth !!
- Trees are for birds to live in.
- Trees can make shushing noise when the wind blows.
Neat, yes?
Have you seen the magnolias blooming? WOW! Seems as if they waited until the sleet had finished. I bet the flowers will hang on for about two weeks. Enjoy these beautiful days – even the rain.
