The local Arbor Day committee, here with teacher Marci Ward, helped students plant a tree in the corner of the playground at Catholic Schools of Fairbanks.

People turn out on a sunny day on Saturday, May 3, 2025, during the Northland Arboretum's Arbor Day Celebration. Families enjoyed a variety of activities such as a Sasquatch hunt, a sneak peak at ...

Pacific Grove residents gathered at George Washington Park to celebrate Arbor Day with tree planting and sustainability education.

La Grange Park marked Arbor Day by planting two trees on property of the Village Church, which is moving services to St. Michael’s.

In 1872, a Nebraska newspaper editor and tree lover named J. Sterling Morton proposed dedicating a day to planting trees in his home state. The idea, shall we say, took root. That year, April 10 ...

Friday is known as a day to plant trees. The Arbor Day Foundation encourages people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees. The word Arbor comes from Latin and means tree.

The first American Arbor Day originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska, when J. Sterling Morton proposed the idea at an annual meeting of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture held in Lincoln. On ...

Celebration of Arbor Day is a time-honored tradition in Nebraska, which dates to 1872, when over one million trees were planted.

Learn about Arbor Day founder J. Sterling Morton. The former Monroe man was a journalist and farmer. He also was a presidential cabinet member.

Arbor Day is a part of Earth Month, a month dedicated to raising awareness about environmental issues and promoting actions to protect the planet.

Today, Arbor Day is a national holiday that began in 1872 in Nebraska. Julius Sterling Morton proposed the holiday to improve farming and environmental conditions in the Nebraska prairies.