Thank you Lexmark!
This month, Bethpage State Park proudly participated in a collaborative tree planting event! This was a wonderful opportunity made possible by Lexmark International, the printing supplier of the PGA Championship. Lexmark reached out to our Director of Agronomy, Andrew Wilson, explaining that their company wished to offset some of their PGA printing and paper-use. Their suggestion? A donation of trees to be planted somewhere suitable on our golf courses! We gratefully accepted this offer, knowing that this sustainability effort would be the perfect way to kick off PGA week...we are NEVER too busy for planting trees! After some thought and discussion, our horticulturist and park ecologist selected eastern redbuds to be the tree of choice. This beautiful flowering species is native to the northeast, and already a deciduous favorite (growing in other locations around our golf courses and polo field). Blooming at the start of spring, these trees are a valuable resource, provid