The Arbor Day Foundation is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees. The Arbor Day Foundation has more than one million members and has planted more than 500 million trees in neighborhoods, communities, cities and forests throughout the world. The Foundation's stated mission is "to inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees."
Tree City USA Event
Trees in Chico, one of the designated tree cities in the United States
Offutt Air Force Base has been named Tree City USA for the last 20 years by the Arbor Day Foundation.
Mrs. Laura Bush is joined by, from left, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns; John Rosenow, president of the National Arbor Day Foundation, and Andy Taylor, chairman and CEO of Enterprise, for the 50 Million Tree Pledge.
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