Earth Day Activities You Can Do All Year Long with the Help of Parke

We hope you had a great Earth Day celebrating our earth and bringing awareness to our community about preserving our beautiful planet! And even though it was last week, Earth Day should not be celebrated one day a year, but all year long! Nashville is a great city that is constantly encouraging mindful, eco-friendly activities. So take advantage. If it’s an event or just a simple, everyday act, celebrating Earth Day every day will have a long-lasting effect on our community.

How to Celebrate the Earth All Year

Learn how to care for your existing landscape

If you’re not a professional arborist or landscape expert, that’s more than okay. The Parke Company can help you get started. Consider starting small. Pick out a few plants that don’t require a lot of care and plant them in pots or flower beds. If you already know how to garden, consider learning how to make your lawn flourish. Research irrigation systems and what grass is best for our climate (Parke can help with this too). Understanding the plants, grass and flowers that flourish in Nashville will not only enrich your knowledge of the planet but also make your landscape look spectacular.

Study your trees

If your lawn is full of trees you’ve never cared for, there’s no better time like the present. Our arborists can come out and do a full tree care analysis to determine its health, possible problems and treatments. In addition, learning what kinds of trees you have in your lawn, how to identity leaves, and the age of your trees will all be beneficial knowledge. (You might even have a historical tree on your hands and not even know it!)

Cook an Earth Day-themed meal

This is something you could do every day if you set your mind to it. Use locally grown produce and meats to prepare the meals. Pull produce from your own garden if you have it. From fresh herbs to tomatoes to strawberries, your landscape can have all kinds of great produce to use for every meal. In addition to locally grown products, make sure your meal is healthy and has little impact on your environment. This will truly embody Earth Day in every sense.

Welcome animals to your neighborhood

This is a great way to encourage the local ecosystem! Put bird or hummingbird feeders in the trees. Leave out sources of water for animals, such as bird baths. Leave squirrels, snakes, lizards and seemingly bad creatures alone. These creatures can actually improve your landscape and the trees around them. Just be cautious of invasive insects or plants; these are creatures you don’t want to leave alone. Call an arborist at Parke for immediate tree care if you see issues arise.

Don’t let Earth Day be just one day! Celebrate it year-round. Our arborists and landscape team are always coming up with ways to be more aware of eco-friendly solutions when it comes to our services. So just by hiring us to care of your landscape, you’re doing something great for the environment. But if you want to go a step further, there are all kinds of things you can to celebrate Earth Day, even more than the list above. Be creative and come up with your own Earth Day activity. If you need tree care, irrigation or landscape services, schedule them today to get your (late) Earth Day started off right. Happy Earth Day, everyone!