Kirkland’s annual Arbor Day Celebration and forest restoration event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 15 at O.O. Denny Park. Volunteers are invited to support Green Kirkland Partnership stewardship efforts to plant native trees, shrubs and ground covers, and remove aggressive invasive plants.

At 12:30 p.m., join Kirkland Mayor Amy Walen, city councilmembers, Washington State Department of Natural Resources’ Linden Lampman and Kirkland Urban Forester Deb Powers in a celebratory Arbor Day tree planting. Following the ceremonial planting, forest restoration efforts will resume until 2 p.m.

Tools, gloves and refreshments will be provided. Free pizza will be provided for all volunteers during the lunch break courtesy of Otak Inc., an award-winning engineering, urban design, architecture and planning firm.

The O.O. Denny Park restoration site is located at 12032 Holmes Point Dr. NE. Sign up online through greenkirkland.org. For more information, contact Powers at dpowers@kirklandwa.gov or (425) 587-3261.

This is taken from a news release from the city of Kirkland.