In honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, which is today, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plan to plant some trees.
They're joining the city Recreation & Parks and city schools officials, as well as Project H.E.A.R., Horticultural Environmental Awareness Raising, at 1 p.m. (tree planting starts at in the morning) at Dickey Hill Elementary School, 5025 Dickey Hill Rd.
The idea is to bring together students and volunteers for a mass tree planting at several city schools. Under a Rec & Parks, there's a program called TreeBaltimore that has been working on improving the tree canopy all around the city.
Participating schools include Dickey Hill, Barclay, Northwood, Moravia Park and Walter P. Carter elementary schools and Mergenthaler Vocational Technical and Western High schools.
So, what are you doing for Earth Day? There's a list of events here.
Baltimore Sun file photo of trees in Druid Hill Park/Karl Merton Ferron