DENVER, Colo. – A panel of judges from the Colorado Tree Coalition (CTC) selected Oliver Georgides, a fifth grader from Renaissance Expeditionary Magnet School in Castle Rock, as the winner of the 2024 Colorado Arbor Day Poster Contest. Georgides’ poster celebrates this year’s contest theme of “Trees for Wildlife Habitat.”
The winning poster and other submissions are on display at the Denver Botanic Gardens from April 16 to May 4, 2024. The posters can be seen in the Freyer-Newman Center in the Helen Fowler Library from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., open to the public with no admission fee. Many thanks to the Denver Botanic Gardens for generously offering free entry to the gardens for winning schools that have winning posters on display.
As the statewide poster contest winner, Georgides received a prize package worth more than $2,500, including a professionally framed copy of the winning poster and other prizes. Georgides’ art teacher, Staci Teague, also received a gift card and free online professional development training from Colorado Project Learning Tree.
The CTC thanks all students, teachers and parents for their support of this fun and educational contest recognizing Colorado’s urban and community forests. It is critical to raise awareness for both children and adults about the importance of trees. The beautiful trees that grace our streets, parks, yards and open spaces provide economic, social and ecological services that we all can enjoy!
Thank you to the Colorado Arbor Day Poster Contest sponsors: Above & Beyond Services; Alameda Connects; Altitude Arborist Advanced Tree Care; ArborScape Tree Services; Autumn Tree, Lawn & Landscape; Davey; Denver Botanic Gardens; Environmental Tree Care; The Great Frame Up; Preservation Tree Care; the CTC; and the Colorado State Forest Service. For more information about the contest, please contact Luke Killoran, Forestry Supervisor for the City of Lakewood and chair of the CTC’s Arbor Day Poster Contest, at (720) 963-5246.