Oakley Tree Planting Saturday May 9, 2009

This joint project between The Kamas Valley Lions Club, Tree Utah and Oakley City is the result of mutual cooperation to take advantage of a large tree (numbers, species and size) donation from a Utah resident who owns a tree farm in Oregon. We expect to plant approximately 40 Scots Pines (10’ tall), 20 Maples, 20 Oaks, 20 Crabapples and 20 Ash trees. We also plan to install automatic irrigation so that the trees can enjoy a regular, deep drink of water so that they can grow to love their new home in the Rhodes Valley.

During the week leading up to the actual planting, we will be preparing the planting sites. We will be using donated machinery and labor to help us trench and pre-dig the holes prior to planting day. While the machinery digging helps save some of the sweat, we still have to hand dig the final six inches, and separate the rocks from the soil. Then we have to replace the soil, using top soil to make up for the rocks that we removed. Finally, we will use about six inches of wood chips and bark mulch to help protect roots and to conserve the water we are using.

We also hope to have the majority of the irrigation piping installed and the trenches ready for backfilling and for replacing the grass/ reseeding.

In addition to members of the Kamas Valley Lions Club, we expect to see Boy Scouts from Kaysville, skateboarders from Salt Lake City, and a host of everybody else from around Summit County. Currently, Rainbird, Allwest Communications, South Fork Hardware, AquaDocs and Neil Roy Irrigation have made donations to assist with the effort. We will update the list as more join in.

For additional Information, please contact Planting Coordinator Jason Barto (435) 731-6333 or Grand Marshall Don Kerr at (435) 640-3914.