Just a few days ago, my grade and I planted trees to help Keep Durham Beautiful. Have you ever done anything like this?

The day started like any other day, except we were about to get on the buses. Where were we going, you may ask? Well, we were going to plant some trees in Durham. We planted over ninety trees in all because each student had one. We each got to choose what type of tree we could, so I eventually decided on an Eastern Red Cedar tree. My friends and I had a great time learning how to plant trees.

It took us fifteen minutes to get to and from the place where we were planting trees. We took a bus, which was fun because my friends and I were waving at other drivers, and we got five different trucks to honk their horns at us. 

Later, we were forced to watch an hour-long movie about trees in German. As you may assume, we did not have the best time watching this movie, but at least there were subtitles. Even though the movie was boring, we learned a few things. For example, we learned that trees can hurt when some animals bite on their leaves, so the trees send out perfume to all of the wildlife that tells them to make these animals stop eating the trees’ leaves. 

At the end of all the movies and tree planting, we reflected on everything that had happened and shared what we would like to do to help the environment with trees. My goal was to have more diversity among trees, so I wished we could have more Palm Trees in North Carolina. 

 In the comments, tell me your favorite type of tree. Thank you for reading today!