Arbor Day is a secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the spring, the date varies, depending on climate and suitable planting season.
Volunteers planting a tree for Arbor Day (Rochester, Minnesota, 2009)
The naturalist Miguel Herrero Uceda at the monument to the first Arbor Day in the world, Villanueva de la Sierra (Spain), 1805
Birdsey Northrop
Arbor Day in Algeria
Julius Sterling Morton was a Nebraska newspaper editor and politician who served as President Grover Cleveland's secretary of agriculture. He was a prominent Bourbon Democrat, taking a conservative position on political, economic, and social issues, and opposing agrarianism. Among his most notable achievements was the founding of Arbor Day in 1872. In 1897 he started a weekly magazine entitled The Conservative.
Julius Sterling Morton
Arbor Day commemorative stamp issued to coincide with the 100th anniversary of J. Sterling Morton's birth
Bust of Morton by Rudolph Evans, created in 1896 for the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
Arbor Lodge