Baton Rouge Green, BREC, EBR Parish Library System Dedicate Bicentennial Oak in Expressway Park

Express­way Park, Wednes­day, Decem­ber 13, 2017 – Baton Rouge Green, in part­ner­ship with The Baton Rouge Bicen­ten­ni­al Com­mis­sion, The East Baton Rouge Parish Library and BREC, will plant­ed and ded­i­cat­ed a 27-gal­lon Live Oak (Quer­cus vir­gini­ana) in BREC’s Express­way Park in hon­or of Baton Rouge’s 200^th birthday.

A ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mo­ny was held on Wednes­day, Decem­ber 13^th. May­or-Pres­i­dent Sharon Broome, BREC Super­in­ten­dent Car­olyn McK­night and Assis­tant Direc­tor Angela Harms, EBR Parish Library Direc­tor Spencer Watts, Metro Coun­cil­women Tara Wick­er and Bar­bara Freiberg helped ded­i­cate the Bicen­ten­ni­al Live Oak.

Baton Rouge Green and the Com­mis­sion select­ed a Live Oak. Under the right con­di­tions, Live Oaks can live sev­er­al hun­dred years, are a very hardy species, and for many have become syn­ony­mous with Louisiana land­scapes. Sev­er­al local orga­ni­za­tions were involved in estab­lish­ing the Bicen­ten­ni­al Live Oak.

BREC pro­vid­ed the site in Express­way Park and the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Sys­tem has donat­ed the gran­ite mon­u­ment installed near the
tree. Baton Rouge Green will care for the tree to ensure it’s sur­vival. The Live Oak was donat­ed by Rick Webb of Louisiana Growers.

“We hope that that Baton Rouge res­i­dents of 2217 will still be able to vis­it and enjoy this beau­ti­ful tree on the city’s 400^th birth­day as it con­tin­ues to stand in hon­or of our great city,” said Sage Foley, Baton Rouge Green Exec­u­tive Director.

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