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Honorary Tree Plantings
2018
Dr Richard Schindler, Witch Hazel/East Side lake
Randy Hofner, Blue Ash/East Side Lake
Richard Chuick, Eastern Wahoo/East Side lake
Howard Nepp, Canadian Red Cherry/East Side lake
Robert Enright, Eastern Redbud/East Side lake
2017 |
Mike Ruzek, Yellow Wood Tree Trek/East Side Lake
Girl Scout Troop #47855, Buffy @ Mower County Fairgrounds
Girl Scout Troop #47854, Willow Tree/Community Bandshell Park
Janson & Carley Baldus, Willow Tree/Community Bandshell Park
2016 |
Al Cunningham, Autumn Blaze Maple/East Side Lake
Hope Jahren, Swamp White Oak/Austin Public Library
Alex D. Tapp, Northern Catalpa/Hot Wings Maple/Todd Park
Ann Pickering, Autumn Blaze Maple/J.C. Hormel Nature Center
Father Donald Zenk, Northern Pin Oak/Lions Bike Shelter
The Hormel Foundation 75th Anniversary, Tulip Tree/East Side Lake-Tree Trek
Ory Ann Helene Champlin, Northern Pin Oak/J.C. Hormel Nature Center
2015 |
“Skip” Hastings, Royal Red Maple/Court House Lawn
Bob Boomgard, Variegated Maple/Lions Bike Shelter
Bob Johnson, Royal Red Maple/Lions Bike Shelter
Rotaract Club, Ginkgo Biloba/Rotary Park
Gretchen Wangen, Baby Blue Eyes Spruce/Honor Guard Park
Roger Walsh, Austrian Pine/East Side Lake
Betty Walsh, Austrian Pine/ East Side Lake
Ethan Kimmel, Autumn Blaze Maple/Rotary Park
2014 |
Genevieve & Willard Wagner, Emerald Luster Maple/East Side Lake
Gary Corcoran, Emerald Luster Maple/Mill Pond
Arlis Clennon, Autumn Blaze Maple, Swamp White Oak/Mill Pond
Clarence Nybo, Golden Raindrops Flowering Crab, Mower County Court House
Ron Seath, Northern Catalpa/Lions Park
Patricia & Robert Poshusta, Hackberry (2)/Wildwood Park
2013 |
Jim Hormel, Royal Prince Oak/Hormel Institute
James & Leona Lunde, Autumn Blaze Maple/Mill Pond
Austin Area Chamber Ambassadors, Blackhills Spruce/Bandshell Park
Bill and Sara Hines, Weeping Willow (2)/Bandshell Park
Viola Carlson, Autumn Blaze Maple/Sterling Park
2012 |
Mike Ruzek, Cherry/Austin High School
Peter Lommen, Spruce/Morning Lions Park
Leontine & Faber McNalley, Cherry/Galloway
Eugene Anderson, Red Bud/Bandshell
Everett Hanson, Red Bud/Orchard Creek
Tyler Brady, Autumn Blaze Maple/Packer Arena
Zara Svobody, River Birch/Honor Guard
Katheryn Andressen, Autumn Blaze Maple/JC Hormel Nature Center
Archie Baley, Red Maple/Lafayette East
Fred Creighton, Japanese Lilac/Rotary
Sara & Warren Osboe-Palensky, Catalpa/Bandshell
2011 |
Bob Block, Maple/East Side Lake
Viola Besse, Crab/South Main Trail
Levi Kimmel, Crab/South Main Trail
Viola Rietz Fowler, Crab/South Main Trail
Jim Foster, Linden/South Grove Park
Deanna Tischer, Linden/East Side Lake
Peter Peck, Spruce/Todd Park
Paula Smith, Maple/Mill Pond
Paula Smith, Maple & 2 Oak – Rotary Park
Harold Mattfeld, Catalpa/Morning Lions Park
2010 |
Oliver and Naida Cockrum, Spruce Tree/Neveln Elementary School
Ray and Dorothy Espe, Maple Tree/ J.C. Hormel Nature Center
Allen J. Frank, Sugar Maple/ J.C. Hormel Nature Center
Ann Linnea, Royal Red Maple/Austin Public Library
Dave Tollefson, Ginko/Plaza on First
2009 |
Mary Nepp, Autumn Blaze Maple/South Main Bridge
Rick Benzkofer, Oak Tree/Mill Pond
Betty Wescott, Autumn Blaze Maple/Wescott Field
Bradley Baker, Spruce /Kaufman Park
Tyler Ross Kimmel, Rubrum Maple/South Main Bridge
Vivienne Rietz Fowler, Rubrum Maple/South Main Bridge
2008 |
I.J. Holton, Blaze Maple/Austin Public Library
Denny Maschka, Oak Tree/Rotary Park
Harold B & Lydia E Lien, Two Spruce Trees/East Side Lake Pavillion
2007 |
Dan Bissen Memorial Bash, Birch Tree/East Side Lake
Dan Ullwelling, Two Honeycrisp Trees/J.C. Hormel Nature Center
Oren Parr, Autumn Blaze Maple/Mill Pond
Lowell and Sara, River Birch/Mill Pond
Bridget Pickavance, Sugar Maple/Sugar Shack at J.C. Hormel Nature Center
2006 |
Clarence Arthur Besse, Spruce Tree/Veterans Pavilion Park
Russell & Helen Godfredson, Autumn Purple Ash/Bandshell Community Park
Lowell Ray Baker, Northfire Maple/Kaufman Park
Elbert P. Maus, Autumn Blaze Maple/Mill Pond
Ed Wangen, Spruce Tree/Honor Guards Park
James and Leona Lunde, Autumn Blaze Maple/Mill Pond
Cyrilla Rockers, Autumn Blaze Maple/Mill Pond
Mike Weins, Autumn Blaze Maple/Shirley Theel Park
Mayor Bonnie Besse Rietz, Autumn Purple Ash/ Veterans Pavilion Park
Hormel Foundation and Blandin Foundation, Two Fat Albert Spruce, at Municipal Pool
John Norton, Northfire Maple, near Morning Lions Park
Hermann Schlenk, Ginko, Mill Pond
City of Austin Sesquicentennial, Northern Pin Oak/Mill Pond
2005 |
Barb Ruzek, Autumn Blaze Maple/Mill Pond
Stella Ruzek, Autumn Blaze Maple/Mill Pond
Krista Ruzek Guthrie, Autumn Blaze Maple/Mill Pond
Christian Guthrie, Purple Ash/Mill Pond
Anthony Ruzek, Purple Ash/Mill Pond
Christine Ruzek, Purple Ash/Mill Pond
Dave Crandall, Norway Maple/Mill Pond
Jerry Butcher, Autumn Blaze Maple/Mill Pond
Ira “O.B.” Snyder, Spruce/Mill Pond
John Sperry, Celebration Maple/Mill Pond
Mike & Jan O’Connor, White Spire Birch/Mill Pond
Accentra Credit Union, Purple Ash/Mill Pond
Jerry Fox, Fat Albert Spruce, Shirley Theel Memorial Park
Charles Irving Cline, Autumn Blaze Maple (2), Bustad Park
James & Mildred Wencl, Red Maple, Municipal Swimming Pool
Cancer Victims & Survivors, Little Leaf Linden, Mill Pond
Lavona M. Johnson, Varigated Maple, Grace Lutheran Church Blvd
2004 |
Jo Knobel-Autumn Blaze Maple/Eastside Lake
Florence Vogel, Variegated Maple/Community Park
Cole Baumann, Autumn Blaze Maple/Mill Pond
Orville Wangen, Red Barren Crab /Honor Guards Park
Bryan Baker, Black Hills Spruce/Kaufman Park
Jan Schulz, Autumn Blaze Maple/ Hormel Drive
Donald Goslee, Red Oak/Mill Pond
Helen Rietz, River Birch/Community Park
2003 |
Fred Creighton – Colorado Blue Spruce/Municipal Pool
Pat McGarvey-Maple/Community Park
Jerry Adwell-Royal Red Maple/Community Park
George Knutson-Ironwood/Community Park
Dan Weis-White Ash/Community Park
2002 |
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| Anne Blowers – Norway Maple/Mill Pond
Jim Mogen – Greenspire Linden/Community Park Dora Tollefson-Maple/Community Park Austin Daily Herald-Maple/Community Park Lutheran Brotherhood Cedar River Branch-Maple/Community Park Gordon and Doris Kinney-Oak/Community Park |
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2001 |
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| Dave Quinlan – Hackberry/Community Park
Jakob Detwiller – Snow Crab/ Community Park Millie Kane – Redbud/Hormel Historic Home AHS Wrestlers – Maple/Mill Pond Sept. 11 Victims – Maple/Community Park Pete Kline – 32 Maple/Todd Park |
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2000 |
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| The Twentieth Century– Millennium Maple/Mill Pond
Children Lost in the Okalahoma City Bombing – Oak/Mill Pond |
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1998 |
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| Erin Ransom – Flowering Crab/Community Park | ||
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1997 |
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| Reverend Russell Dierdorff – Maple/Mill Pond
Mel Schleuder – 2 Red Crab/Bandshell Park Teddy Dornbrock – Maple/Mill Pond Children’s Choir from Germany – 2 Maple/Mill Pond |
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1996 |
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| Carl Ruzek – Maple/Mill Pond
John Hogan – Maple/Mill Pond Mayor O’Rourke – Spruce/Mill Pond |
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1995 |
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| Jay Hormel – 2 Koster Blue Spruce/Hormel Nature Center/Hormel Historic Home
Mike Ruzek – Black Hills Spruce/Mill Pond Veterans – Landscape/Honor Guards Park Stan Ankeny – Landscape/ Skinners Hill Hormel Employees Credit Union/River Birch/Mill Pond |
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