February 15, 2006 ~ The Spade and Trowel Garden Club and Home Depot joined together to donate a Princeton American Elm and landscape material to the Thomaston-Upson Civic Center for Arbor Day.

l to r: Spade and Trowel Garden Club members, Faye Bridges, Tree Board Chairperson; Mayor Hays Arnold, Danis McKibben, Home Depot; Tracy Cephus, Home Depot; Kyle Fletcher, Recreation Commission Chairperson

February 15, 2006 ~ Randy Teal, Georgia Forestry Commission, presented a Tree Community Flag in honor of Arbor Day as part of the tree planting ceremony at the Thomaston-Upson Civic Center.

 l to r:  Hays Arnold, Mayor; Randy Teal, Forestry; Mindy Daniel, Recreation Dept Director; Martha Brewton; Patrick Comiskey, City Manager; Faye Bridges, Tree Board Chairperson