Spring is in the air and time for planting trees and flowers!

Celebrate Arbor Week by picking up a free seedling to plant at home and watching a tree planting Saturday at Wiley Post Park.

Girl Scouts from local troops will be handing out about 750 free seedlings to anyone who stops by the park, 2021 S Robinson Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 31. The Student Conservation Association and Parks & Recreation Department staff will also be planting five trees, each one 8 to 14 feet tall.

“It’s a great chance to get a tree for your home that’s well-suited to our climate in central Oklahoma,” said Neal Bilger, a unit operations supervisor with the Parks Department. “We’re also excited to plant new trees in the park, which will benefit visitors for generations.”

You don’t even have to get out of your car to get a free seedling – the Girl Scouts will provide curbside service.

The available seedlings are redbuds, October glory maples and several species of oak (red, sawtooth, white, scarlet, cherrybark, Mexican white, English and nuttall).

If any trees remain after the event, the Girl Scouts will take them to their local council office, 6100 N Robinson Ave., to continue handing them out from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Any remaining trees will be given away at the Girl Scouts’ booth at Open Streets OKC, noon to 4 p.m. April 8 on NW 23^rd Street between Western and Robinson avenues.

Oklahoma City celebrates Arbor Week from March 25-31 and is proud to be a Tree City USA. The Tree City USA designation is bestowed by the Arbor Day Foundation to communities who meet several standards for protecting and planting trees, including spending at least $2 per capita on a community forestry program and having a tree care ordinance.

You can see all of the trees in Oklahoma City’s parks in our tree inventory at okc.gov/parks. It shows each of the 19,632 trees in the City’s 134 parks, representing 185 species of trees. They have a collective estimated replacement value of $42.1 million.

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In order to get street topper signs, we need to design our toppers. I had made an attempt to come up with a few designs. Let me know what you think.

Here is a sample of what a Sign Topper looks like.

Vote for A, B, C or D

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The signs will be 30″ x 9″. Once we have a few designs, we can get OCI to provide a quote. There is a cost per sign and then the City will install them for an application fee of $50 and $10 a sign. We just need to know how much the signs will cost. We will need approximately 24 signs to be able to have them all through the neighborhood.

Please cast your vote by clicking on the website link  Harvest Hills South Neighborhood Association and put in the comments section at the bottom of this post on the website, which one you like the best (A, B, C or D) or if you have a different idea. We are always open to new ideas, so lets see your creativity! I would like to have the final tally of votes on Monday, so I can send off the ideas to get the quotes by next week, so I can share them with you.

This is for OUR neighborhood, so lets all participate!

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Go out and meet a neighbor today!

Special collection on April 7th for all those hazardous waste items you may have in your garage or storage that are no longer being used. Please let the City dispose of them properly.

They are collecting any unwanted computers, tires, ammunition and prescription drugs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at State Fair Park. The drop off site will be on the south side of the fairgrounds, east of the arena. Enter the fairgrounds from May Avenue at Gate 5 on Gordon Cooper Boulevard. The collection is open to Oklahoma City residents only.

Recyclers must bring their current City of Oklahoma City water bill stub to prove residency. Syringes, liquids, inhalers, tire rims, televisions and wheels will not be accepted. Businesses wanting to recycle hazardous waste should contact the state Department of Environmental Quality at (405) 702-5100. The Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility at 1621 S Portland Ave. accepts a wide variety of hazardous materials from residents’ homes year-round. The type of products accepted at the facility includes gasoline, automotive fluids, batteries, pesticides, weed killers, swimming pool chemicals and paint-related products.

The facility is open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays. The Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility is operated by the Stormwater Quality Division of the Public Works Department. Visit okc.gov for a list of materials the facility accepts. For more information, call (405) 682-7038.

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Contact was made with the City and they are going to re-evaluate ALL of Harvest Hills South regarding street lights.  A few of our streets do not have any street lights at all and others do not have enough. Soon we will be able to light up the neighborhood! We will share the results of the evaluation once it is completed by the City. Several of the street lights that were out and had broken lights have been repaired.

Invites were sent to all email addresses on file with Harvest Hills South. Please accept the invite and follow this blog. Every time a post is made to this site, it will automatically email you, so you can remain up-to-date concerning our neighborhood.

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Just wanted to let you know we have reported the four street lights out and the covers of a few to be replaced that are broken in the neighborhood. They told me it would be 5-10 days, so in the meantime, let all make sure we leave our outside lights on and keep the neighborhood bright. I am waiting to hear back from the City about evaluating our whole neighborhood for additional street lights. More to come..

The weather is going to be nice tomorrow, so maybe you can invite a neighbor and go to the Oklahoma Home & Garden Show. If you go to the website you can save $2.00 buying the tickets on line.

https://homeshowokc.com/?utm_source=image-redirect&utm_medium=image&utm_campaign=image

Remember you can pay your membership dues via the Palpal link!

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