CRESTVIEW — Common Ground Community Garden has an additional plant to grow downtown.
The Dogwood Garden Club donated a Fuyu persimmon tree in honor of Florida's Arbor Day.
Club members and community garden supporters planted the gift Feb. 3 at 157 S. Main St.
John Bouton, one of Common Ground Community Garden's founding directors, led the festivities and instructed attendees on cultivar and site selection, root pruning, orientation of the tree, the planting process, soil amendment, mulching, watering, and final pruning of the branches, among other lessons.
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Learn more about Crestview's community garden at www.CrestviewCommunityGarden.org.
See more photos from the Arbor Day donation at http://sugg.smugmug.com/Crestview-Community-Gardens/.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Garden club donates tree for Arbor Day