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Celebrate Spring
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WHAT: DAFFODIL DAY
WHERE: Historic Bell Buckle, Tennessee
WHEN: Saturday, March 15, 2008
WHO: Sponsored by the Bell Buckle Chamber of Commerce & the Bell Buckle Tree Board
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9:00 Daffodil Show
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- 9:00am - 10:30am Show entries received
(no entry fee required)
- 10:30am—11:30am Judging and Daffodil Show (open after the judging)
Ribbons will be given to first, second, and third place winners in each category. A gift certificate will be presented for Best of Show. The show will be held in Bell Buckle Town Hall. Categories are as follows:
- A single Daffodil (in a clear glass container)
- Daffodil Collection
- Daffodil Arrangement
- Youth Award
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11:00 Arbor Day Ceremony
Presentation of the Tree City USA Award to the Town of Bell Buckle honoring the 7th year the town has attained this status and presentation of Tree Line USA to Duck River Electric honoring their
4th year to attain this status. There will be a short ceremony on the painted quilt.
• Arbor Day Foundation Poster Contest winners from Cascade School will be recognized.
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Bell Buckle Citizen of the Year will be announced.
11:30 Announcement of Contest Winners
• Daffodil Show winners will be announced and ribbons will be awarded
12:00 Kite Flying (Bell Buckle Park)
• Kite flying at the Park--bring your kite and master the skies!
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Enjoy the celebration of spring all day with special clogging performances. Phillips General Store Spring Open House, and new Spring merchandise on display at all Bell Buckle Shops!
Free tree seedlings from the Tennessee Urban Forestry
Division will be available all day on the square.
Memorial Tree Purchasing Information
Anyone interested in purchasing a tree in memory of or to honor of someone special may do so by contacting Bell Buckle Tree Board member Florence Hall at 931-389-9325. The cost of a tree is $125 which includes purchasing, planting and labeling the tree plus an engraved brick marker to be set at the site. The tree and planting site will be selected by the Bell Buckle Tree Board. A list of appropriate tree species for planting at the Bell Buckle Park is listed below.
For more information, contact Jenny Hunt at (931) 389-6784 or
Florence Hall at (931) 389-9325
Appropriate Tree Species for Planting at the Bell Buckle Park
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American Elm
American Sycamore
Bald Cypress
Black Tupelo
Black Willow
Coastal Plain Willow
Cottonwood
Green Ash
Hackberry
London Plane Tree
Overcup Oak
Pecan
Persimmon
Red Maple
River Birch
Sandbar Willow
Swamp White Oak
Sweet Bay Magnolia
Sweet Gum
Water Oak
Water Tupelo
Weeping Willow
Willow Oak
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