COMMEMORATING ARBOR DAY

The Osborn community in Rye held a tree-planting ceremony on Arbor Day, adding an elegant, 8-foot weeping cherry tree (Prunus Pendula). This is the 1,008th tree on The Osborn”™s nationally recognized 56-acre arboretum campus. Each tree is meticulously mapped and catalogued to keep track of the variety of species. 

Residents and staff were welcomed by Osborn President and CEO Matthew G. Anderson, who outlined the evolution of the Osborn campus over the past 100 years, referencing its historical and natural beauty. “The Osborn campus is enriched by the many types of mature trees we have, and adding new trees is a way of ensuring this cycle continues for years to come,” he said. 

On hand for the tree-planting event were members of The Osborn”™s Grow Getter Gardeners ”“ a resident-led garden club that plants and tends various garden beds around campus. George Berlstein, an Osborn Sterling Park Independent Living resident who has helped catalogue the many tree varieties on the Osborn campus and helped with the planting. 

When The Osborn opened in 1908, one of the founders, John Sterling, made sure the trees on the campus would be impressive and that one variety of each species would be planted. 

The Osborn is a private, nonprofit, continuum of care community offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, a Five-Star skilled nursing facility, as well as in- and outpatient rehabilitation care.

COMMEMORATING ARBOR DAY