Children's Garden invites families to appreciate nature
Families attended the Hug-A-Tree event at the Sarasota Children's Garden to recognize Arbor Day.
By
Amanda Morales
| 5:01 p.m. April 23, 2016
Sarasota
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The day was filled with education and appreciation for Hug-A-Tree at the Sarasota Children's Garden Saturday, April 23.Â
In recognition of Arbor Day, garden owner Robin Fulk gave guided tours to families through the enchanted areas throughout the property.Â
Children and their parents participated in crafts that taught them how to tell a tree's age and wrapping trees in an embrace using fabric. They day concluded with writing wishes to hang from the wish tree in the garden.Â
Aaron Gonzalez-Guerra reads wishes that visitors left on the tree.
Kristin Papanickolas helps her daughter Lia trace the bark of a tree.
Robin Fulk explains to visitors how the rings of a tree reveal its age.
Dianna Gonzalez-Guerra helps hug and wrap a tree with her son Aaron.
Savannah helps her mother Rechele Hoffman wrap a tree.
Amaris Gonzalez- Guerra wrote her wish to hang on the tree.
Aaron Gonzalez-Guerra wishes he had an alligator.
Isabella Solis uses a crayon and paper to trace bark on a tree.
Isabella Solis and Robin Fulk
Mikey Papanickolas leads his grandmother Jane Heil through the garden.
Visitors each left with oak tree saplings to plant in honor of Arbor Day.
