Tree Celebrating the Nation's 250th Birthday Planted at Iowa State Fair

Iowa’s official America250 tree planted at Iowa State Fairgrounds - The Hamburg Reporter

Press Release Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and other state leaders gathered at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Friday, April 24, to plant Iowa’s official… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Tree celebrating the nation's 250th birthday planted at Iowa State Fair

You can now visit the official Iowa 250 tree on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig was one of the people in the group which planted the bur oak. “Which is our state tree. And the bur oak is actually native to all 99 counties in our great state. […]

Iowa’s 250 tree planted on the state fairgrounds

(Radio Iowa) – You can now visit the official Iowa 250 tree on the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig was one of the people in the group that planted the bur oak. “Which is our state tree. And the bur oak is actually native to all 99 counties in our great state. So it’s very fitting that we planted the Bur Oak,” he says. Naig was joined by Fair C-E-O Jeremy Parsons and 4-H and F-F-A representatives to plant the tre…