Bob Pedatella has been enjoying giving back to his community for many years. 2007 was the sixth year that Kodiak Landscape Design has planted a tree at Haskell Elementary School and the seventh year at Kiel School in Kinnelon. He teaches kids annually about tree planting, stressing it's importance to coincide with National Arbor Day.

At Haskell School, Bob taught the third graders how to plant the Eastern Redbud tree (Cercis canadensis) that was donated by Birch Hill Nursery of Wayne. " I tell them about Arbor Day and why we're planting tress - how trees die, how you can protect them and how you can help them survive."