Garden Club celebrating Arbor Day with heritage tree walking tour

The two-mile walk starts at City Hall and ends at the Heritage Museum.

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 3:57 p.m. January 14, 2022

West Orange Times & Observer
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The Bloom & Grow Garden Society, in partnership with the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, will be celebrating Florida Arbor Day Friday Jan. 21.

Club members will host a walking tour of the Winter Garden Heritage Trees in the historic district, starting behind City Hall at 8:30 a.m. and walking about two miles down to Lake Apopka and back up to the Winter Garden Heritage Museum.

There are 56 Heritage Trees along the route — each labeled with the name of the tree and a QR code that offers insight into the tree species as well as information on the history of Winter Garden and its people.

Printed maps of the walking tour will be available for each attendee. Winter Garden Heritage Tree T-shirts will be available for sale at the end of the tour.

For information, visit the club’s Facebook page, Spring Fever in the Garden.

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Amy Quesinberry Price

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Price was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.