Arbor Day

Arbor Day is on the last Friday of April, which means this year that’s April 30th. What better time to think about our personal greenscaping than arbor day? It’s been over 135 since J.Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day. An idea originally conceived as just simply setting aside a day for tree planting has now also turned into an eco-friendly movement, with tree planting days throughout the United States.

Community Celebrations

• Raise the flag, strike up the band, make Arbor
  Day fun. Make it memorable.
• Organize a beautification project in a public area.
• Get people into action. Ask a civic or service
  group to promote a paper drive to gather paper to be recycled and save a
  tree. Use the proceeds to buy a special tree to plant in a park or
  other special public place.
• Hold a poster contest, or a poetry contest.
• Sponsor a children’s pageant or play.
• Fill the air with music. Have an Arbor Day
  concert of songs about trees, or with tree names in their titles.
• Sponsor a tree trivia contest. Give away trees
  to winners.
• Conduct a tree search. Ask people to find
  large, unusual or historic trees in your community. Once the results are
  in, publish a map that highlights the winners, or hold a walk
  showcasing them.
• Tell people to take a hike — a tree
  identification hike — and have girl scouts or boy scouts act as guides.
• Dedicate a forest, or a tree, or a flower bed
  in a park, and make it an occasion to talk about stewardship. Get a
  local nursery or garden center to hold an open house or field day.
  Organize an Arbor Day Fair.
• Encourage neighborhood organizations to hold
  block parties and get their members to adopt and care for street trees
  in front of their homes. Pass out buttons. Give away trees.

Personal Celebrations

• Celebrate Arbor Day in a personal way by
  planting a tree yourself. It is an act of optimism and kindness, a labor
  of love and a commitment to stewardship.
• Read a book about trees. Learn to identify trees in your yard and neighborhood.
• Enjoy the outdoors. Visit a local park or take
  a nature hike.
• Attend a class on tree and plant care.
• Volunteer with a local tree-planting
  organization. You’ll meet new people and make a difference
  in your community.

The ArborDay website has so much information and resources regarding this event so check out www.arborday.org for history, events in your area, education materials and more!

Source: www.arborday.org

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