PHOTOS: Wilson School students help plant trees for Arbor Day
Students from Wilson School helped the Rapid City Parks Department plant 28 trees at Wilson Park to celebrate Arbor Day Friday, April 28.
A group of Wilson School students hold a tree being planted at Wilson Park Friday, April 28.
A young boy wears turf as a hat and cape while playing at Wilson Park.
Wilson School students sit on a rock wall at Wilson Park Friday, April 28. The students help Rapid City Parks crews plant 28 trees for Arbor Day.
Council member Laura Armstrong (left) reads a proclamation from Mayor Steve Allender naming April 28 as Arbor Day. Council members Ritchie Nordstrom (right-center) and Pat Roseland (left-center) also came to support the endeavor.
Gardening tools line the walkway at Wilson Park ready to be used in planting trees for Arbor Day.
Rapid City Parks crews wait for students to arrive and help plant trees at Wilson Park Friday, April 28. The City Parks Department also had students help plant trees last year at Robbinsdale.
Students sit along the rock wall at Wilson Park Friday morning.
Students help hold a tree being planted at Wilson Park. Students from Wilson School helped plant 28 trees across the park for Arbor Day Friday, April 28.
A student helps dig dirt out of a hole while planting trees at Wilson Park.
A Parks worker shovels mulch out of a truck while students watch on in the background.
Students from Wilson School helped plant 28 trees across Wilson Park for Arbor Day Friday, April 28. The Rapid City Parks Department had students from Robbinsdale plant trees at Robbinsdale Park last year.
A student pushes a wheelbarrow full of mulch over to help cover their newly planted tree at Wilson Park. Despite a touch of moisture and slight chill in the air, the students were in good spirits Friday.
Students help cover a newly planted tree with mulch at Wilson Park.
A Parks crew member high-fives a Wilson School student during Arbor Day tree-planting festivities at Wilson Park Friday, April 28.
Students from Wilson School got to learn about the tree-planting process and get first-hand experience.
Wilson School in Rapid City.
Wilson Park was full of students helping the Rapid City Parks Department plant 28 trees for Arbor Day Friday, April 28.
Darsha Dodge
City Editor, Staff Photographer
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