Blue Ridge Garden Club members are donating a tree to the Middle Fork Greenway for Arbor Day. A tree-planting ceremony and garden party are scheduled for Thursday, April 27, 1:00-3:00 pm, at Sterling Creek Park, on the first completed section of the Middle Fork Greenway. The tree will be planted in honor of Sterling and Barbara Whitener, who donated the land for the park. Mr. Whitener died in January, at age 95.

The public is invited. Park at Tweetsie or Mystery Hill and walk the underpass beneath 321 to Sterling Creek Park. For more information, call 264-3754.