{"id":21636,"date":"2018-09-20T10:24:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T14:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=21636"},"modified":"2018-09-20T10:24:45","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T14:24:45","slug":"tree-planting-planned-to-mark-arboretum-funding-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tree-planting-planned-to-mark-arboretum-funding-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree planting planned to mark Arboretum funding win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was recently announced the Aurora Community Arboretum is one of 36 national winners of funding to purchase trees for the Arboretum.<br \/>\nThe funding, made available through Home Hardware and administered by Tree Canada, is awarded yearly to individuals and community groups in pursuit of a greener, healthier environment.<br \/>\nThis year, Aurora Home Hardware applied for and won funding to help the Aurora Arboretum purchase trees.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are proud to be a part of such an important partnership between Home Hardware stores and Tree Canada,\u201d said John Barfitt of Aurora Home Hardware. \u201cThis partnership has been helping communities across Canada for more then 25 years.\u201d To date, Home Hardware has planted more then 24,000 trees worth over 1.2 million dollars.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt is a real honour for the Aurora Community Arboretum to be recognised by an organization like Tree Canada and very generous of Home Hardware to provide funding,\u201d added John Wilson of the Arboretum. \u201cThis is a perfect example of a win-win arrangement; residents of Aurora and visitors to the Arboretum will be able to view and learn about native coniferous trees of Ontario.\u201d<br \/>\nA tree planting ceremony to celebrate the Arboretum\u2019s winning is scheduled for Friday, September 28 at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F21636&#038;t=Tree%20planting%20planned%20to%20mark%20Arboretum%20funding%20win&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F21636&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Tree%20planting%20planned%20to%20mark%20Arboretum%20funding%20win\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F21636&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Tree%20planting%20planned%20to%20mark%20Arboretum%20funding%20win&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F21636\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was recently announced the Aurora Community Arboretum is one of 36 national winners of funding to purchase trees for the Arboretum. 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