Happy Earth Day

Every year since 1970, April 22 has been set aside to honor the earth.

Earth Day is a great day to reflect on your current actions and how they will effect the environment. Here are some interesting facts:

•Never underestimate the importance of recycling: if every newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year. Unfortunately only 27% of all American newspapers are recycled.
•More than 20,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of tinfoil. All that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize it.
•Only 11% of the earth's surface is used to grow food.
•Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to watch a TV for three hours - it's equivalent to half a gallon of gasoline.

Dutch Mill would like to honor Earth Day this week by asking you to bring in your old plastic plant containers. You will receive 10% off any tree if you bring in your old containers now through Sunday April 25.

Also, don't forget that this weekend, April 24, we are hosting a Container Class. Bring in your Favorite Planter/Container and purchase a plant/flower from our stock. Our staff will teach you the basics of planting in containers.