LandTrust, gallery team up to trim trees

Monday, December 07, 2009 3:00 AM |

Printer friendly version |

E-mail to a friend |

Annie Ward shows off her one legged gingerbread man that she decorated at the Landtrust wildlife ornament workshop held at Green Goat Gallery. The bird and squirrel edible ornaments will decorate the the tree in Centennial Park in Fulton Heights. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post

Two and a half year old Griffin Gray decorates an ear of corn with one bird seed at a time at the Landtrust wildlife ornament workshop held at Green Goat Gallery. The bird and squirrel edible ornaments will decorate the the tree in Centennial Park in Fulton Heights. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post

Five year old Sage Huffman gets advice from Barbara Lawther at the Landtrust wildlife ornament workshop held at Green Goat Gallery. The bird and squirrel edible ornaments will decorate the the tree in Centennial Park in Fulton Heights. Lawther is the development director of the Landtrust. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post

Five year old Sage Huffman adds oakmeal to a bagle at the Landtrust wildlife ornament workshop held at Green Goat Gallery. The bird and squirrel edible ornaments will decorate the the tree in Centennial Park in Fulton Heights. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post

Emmaline Goodnight adds a little green icing to her gingerbread man at the Landtrust wildlife ornament workshop held at Green Goat Gallery. The bird and squirrel edible ornaments will decorate the the tree in Centennial Park in Fulton Heights. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post

Wyatt Goodnight reaches for cranberries at the Landtrust wildlife ornament workshop held at Green Goat Gallery. Wyatt's father, Will, is behind him. The bird and squirrel edible ornaments will decorate the the tree in Centennial Park in Fulton Heights. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post

There is lots of action around the gingerbread man decoration table at the Landtrust wildlife ornament workshop held at Green Goat Gallery. The bird and squirrel edible ornaments will decorate the the tree in Centennial Park in Fulton Heights. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post

Five year old Quentin Hippert adds his finished ornament to the pile at the Landtrust wildlife ornament workshop held at Green Goat Gallery. The bird and squirrel edible ornaments will decorate the the tree in Centennial Park in Fulton Heights. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post

These decorated bagles for the birds look good enough to eat except for the bird seeds at the Landtrust wildlife ornament workshop held at Green Goat Gallery. The bird and squirrel edible ornaments will decorate the the tree in Centennial Park in Fulton Heights. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post

The LandTrust for Central North Carolina celebrated the holiday season at its seventh annual Tree Trimming Ceremony at Centennial Park in the Fulton Heights neighborhood Sunday evening.

Children and their families were invited to hang environmentally friendly ornaments, which can be eaten by wildlife during the cold winter months.

The LandTrust sponsored an ornament-making party at the Green Goat Gallery in Spencer Saturday, where children made their environmentally friendly ornaments to hang at the Centennial Park ceremony or in their own yards.

"The LandTrust's annual tree-trimming and ornament-making parties are a wonderful way to celebrate the gift of nature during the holiday season," said Jason Walser, executive director at The LandTrust. "Over the past six years, this event has become a favorite for many of our supporters and their families."

The LandTrust made a $10,000 donation toward the creation of Centennial Park, which is owned and maintained by the city of Salisbury. In 2008, the LandTrust sponsored the planting of a Norway spruce in the park.

"We are excited to return to the park this year to decorate the spruce and chart its growth," said Walser. "I want to express the LandTrust's gratitude to the neighbors of Fulton Heights, who helped organize this event, and the Green Goat Gallery in Spencer for hosting us Saturday."

If you would like to subscribe to the Salisbury Post, click here.

Comments

Notice about comments:

Salisburypost.com is pleased to offer readers the ability to comment on stories. We expect our readers to engage in lively, yet civil discourse. Salisburypost.com cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted in the comments area. Responsibility for the statements posted lies with the person submitting the comment, not Salisburypost.com. If you find a comment that is objectionable, please click "report abuse" and we will review it for possible removal. Please be reminded, however, that in accordance with our Terms of Use and federal law, we are under no obligation to remove any third party comments posted on our website.
DO NOT POST:
* Potentially libelous statements or damaging innuendo.
* Obscene, explicit, or racist language.
* Personal attacks, insults or threats.
* The use of another person's real name to disguise your identity.
* Comments unrelated to the story.
Full terms and conditions can be read here

Salisbury Post is proud to offer our users enhanced commenting features. You can now build user-to-user connections, follow friend's recent posts, add an avatar that fits your personality, and more.