Arbor Day is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees.  The state tree of Iowa is the Oak tree.

Panora’s Steburg Nursery owner and operator Jim Steburg explains that as they grow, trees can provide your home with shade in the summer and shield it from cold winds during the winter, thereby making your house more energy efficient.

Steburg warns that people should always plant trees so they’ll stay clear of electric wires as they grow and maximize your home’s energy-saving potential.

Surround your home with tall shade trees, and plant evergreens along the northern side of the house to break the winter winds.

Steburg suggests trees that lose their leaves in autumn are best along the south and west sides of the home, because they shade the house in the summer – but let sun shine through their branches in the winter.

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