Past Events

Kids Are Introduced to the High Plains Arboretum
at This Year's Treetober Fest

This year's 3rd Annual Treetober Fest took place on October 10 at the City's High Plains Arboretum west of town. Over 70 kids from the City's Latchkey Program participated in the outdoor educational event that included six stations where kids learned about the plants, wildlife and history of the High Plains Arboretum. The event was sponsored by the Cheyenne Urban Forestry Division with support from the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, the Laramie County Conservation District, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Scrumpy's Cider.

This year's Treetober Fest was an opportunity to promote the High Plains Arboretum and encourage kids and their families to visit the arboretum. The High Plains Arboretum is located at the Cheyenne Field Station which is west of Cheyenne off of Round Top Rd. at 8301 Hildreth Road. The Field Station began planting a large variety of trees, shrubs, fruits and vegetables in the 1930s to determine which species were hardy to the high plains. The arboretum sits on City property and is open to the public. The arboretum features over 60 different trees and shrubs from around the world and includes markers which identify many plants and gives brief descriptions, including country of origin and year planted. To view a recently completed video of the arboretum, click here.

Cheyenne Celebrates Arbor Day on May 20 at Holliday Park

On May 20th the Cheyenne Urban Forestry Division hosted Cheyenne's 34th Arbor Day at Holliday Park. Mayor Rick Kaysen gave the Arbor Day proclamation and received the Tree City USA award and Growth Award from Mark Hughes of the Wyoming State Forestry Division. Parks and Recreation Director, Rick Parish discussed current and future projects for Holliday Park and thanked the Arborists of the Forestry Division for their hard work in caring for the over 12,000 trees on City property. A group of fifth grade students from Alta Vista Elementary School presented "10 Reasons Trees are Awesome" to the audience in attendance and Arbor Day poster contest winners were recognized. The poster contest was sponsored by Wyoming Project Learning Tree and this year's theme was "Celebrate Trees in our Community". Both fifth grade classes from Alta Vista participated and Sierra Baird-Moore won first prize for her poster. Once the ceremony concluded the students assisted Forestry staff in planting 2 Northern Red Oak trees in the park. Free trees and cookies were then given away to attendees and City Forester, Lisa Olson thanked the students and adults for their attendance. More pictures of the event to follow:

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Cheyenne’s 2nd Annual Green Industry Workshop
Sponsored by:

On March 7, 2016 the Cheyenne Urban Forestry Division hosted the 2nd Annual Green Industry Workshop at the Kiwanis Community House. Over 70 professionals from the green industry were in attendance and heard presenters from the City of Ft. Collins, Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Greenscape Designs, Ayers Associates and Maverick Lawn and Tree on the following subjects: Irrigation Design for Diverse Landscapes, Hardy Plants for the High Plains, Landscape Design 101, Cheyenne’s West Edge Project and Insects and Diseases of Trees and Turf. Several of these presentations along with archived presentations from past workshops can be downloaded here.

 

A special thanks goes out to the sponsors who really stepped-up and made this event a success! Also thanks to those businesses that generously donated over 40 door prizes. Those businesses included: Riverbend Nursery, Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply, Brown’s Shoe Fit Co., Swire Coca-Cola, Wyoming Work Warehouse, Capital Lumber, Dan D Rental, DBC Irrigation, Bobcat of Cheyenne, A-One Rental, Fastenal Company and Norco Inc. We hope to schedule our third workshop next winter and plan to make the event even better in 2017! If you would like to assist in the planning or if your business would like to be a sponsor for next year’s event please contact Cheyenne Urban Forestry or call 637-6428.

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