Arbor Day on AMI

Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short, left, public works department employee Joe Ryan and AMIGC president Reni Bertoluzzi, right, plant a gumbo limbo tree April 24 in Jacaranda Park in recognition of Arbor Day.

Anna Maria celebrates Arbor Day with planting ceremony Anna Maria city officials and staff stand April 24 with members of the Anna Maria Island Garden Club, a Florida Forest Service forester and residents during a planting ceremony at Jacaranda Park, 714 Jacaranda Road, to celebrate National Arbor Day. Islander Photos: Robert Anderson

Citizens for a Scenic Florida, Inc. executive board member Ingrid McClellan, left, Anna Maria Island Garden Club member Shawn Mayers and Short, right, talk April 24 after the planting ceremony.