Community tree giveaway comes to Scissortail Park

Terré Gables/KFOR
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Free shade is being distributed at Scissortail Park for everyone who is in need of a tree.

In honor of Mitchell Burns, Scissortail Park and the Burns family of Oklahoma City are hosting a new community tree giveaway taking place on Saturday, April 13 at 9 a.m.

Scissortail Park
Scissortail Park

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According to Scissortail Park, Mitchell Burns loved shade trees and parks. The Burns family says the event is a way to honor his legacy by establishing “Mitchell’s Shade”, a community program designed to bring people together to celebrate life, honor a loved one, and put a bit of color and oxygen back into our world through a tree giveaway.

“Trees are so important to the landscape of our community,” said Mitchell’s parents Melanie and John Burns. “We are excited that people will be able to give them even more meaning and purpose.”

Maureen Heffernan, CEO of Scissortail Park Foundation and Myriad Gardens Foundation says, “It is our tremendous honor that the Burns family has chosen Scissortail Park to remember their beloved son, Mitchell,”. “As I learn more about this extraordinary young man who achieved so much in his all too short life, I am proud to partner with his family in keeping his memory alive by adding more trees across the community he called home.”

Attendees can expect at the community tree giveaway, approximately 700 three-gallon trees and 300 18-inch seedlings will be provided to the public to take home and plant in honor of a loved one and to spread comfort, joy, inspiration, and a canopy of shade for years to come for everyone.

Community Tree Giveaway details:

  • The giveaway starts at 9 am on Saturday, April 13, 2024.

  • Line forms at the tent located on the sidewalk west of Union Station (near S. Hudson and SW 7th St.) and will extend north on the sidewalk along S. Hudson Avenue.

  • Trees available while supplies last.

  • One (1) tree per adult.

  • FREE Mitchell’s Shade T-shirts are available while supplies last.

  • Must be present on Saturday, April 13 to pick up tree.

  • Donations accepted on site.

  • Event Rain Date: Saturday, April 20 at 9am.

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Trees available while supplies last:

Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

Crape Myrtle, Catawba (Lagerstroemia indica ‘Catawba’)

Crape Myrtle, Country Road (Lagerstroemia indica)

Crape Myrtle, Natchez (Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’)

Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus)

Drummond Red Maple (Acer rubrum var. drummondii)

Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)

Fragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica)

Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

Lacebark Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)

Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)

Nellie R. Stevens Holly (Ilex x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’)

Redbud (Cercis canadensis)

Sawtooth Oak (Quercus acutissima)

Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)

Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)

To support Mitchell’s Shade and its mission, please visit mitchellshade.com

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