Arbor Day is an international celebration, but it is celebrated on different days around the world (usually in spring) depending upon local climates. The first (known) Arbor Festival was in Mondonedo, Spain, in 1594. The first *modern* Arbor Day was held in 1805 in Villanueva de la Sierra, Spain.
In the US the first Arbor Day was celebrated April 10, 1872, when ~1 million trees were planted in Nebraska. Over time Arbor Day became an official celebration with President Roosevelt issuing an Arbor Day Proclamation (April 15, 1907) addressed to the school children of the United States about the importance of trees, and encouraging that forestry be taught in US schools.
Over the years the date has changed a bit, and now Arbor Day is celebrated in the US on the last Friday in April, this year that is April 29!
A partial list of tree planting celebration (& times) around the world:
Australia
National
Tree Day is on the last Sunday in July. Arbor Day has been observed in
Australia since June 20, 1889.
Belgium
International
Day of Tree-planting is celebrated ~March 21 as an educational day/observance,
not as a public holiday.
Brazil
Arbor
Day (Dia da Árvore) is celebrated September 21.
British
Virgin Islands
Sponsored
by the National Parks Trust, Arbour Day is celebrated November 22. \
Cambodia
Cambodia
celebrates Arbor Day July 9.
Canada
National
Forest Week is celebrated the last full week of September, with National Tree
Day falling on the Wednesday of that week. Individual Arbor Days are celebrated
around Canada in spring.
Central
African Republic
National
Tree Planting Day is July 20.
China
Arbor
Day, celebrated on March 12, is upheld in China with the The Resolution on the
Unfolding of a Nationwide Voluntary Tree-planting Campaign,1981
Costa
Rica
"Día
del Árbol" is June 15.
Egypt
Arbor
Day is January 15
Germany
The
first Arbor Day ("Tag des Baumes") in Germany was in 1952, it is
celebrated on April 25.
India
The
tree planting festival in India is called Van Mahotsav (festival of trees). Originating
in 1947, it lasts one week in July.
Iran
"National
Tree Planting Day is on the 15th day of month Esfand which is generally ~
March5.
Israel
Tu
Bishvat (the new year for trees), is on the 15th day of Shvat, which
is ~ January or February.
Japan
Greenery
Day, similar to Arbor Day, is celebrated May 4.
Kenya
National
Tree Planting Day is April 21.
Luxembourg
National
Tree Planting Day is in November.
Republic
of Macedonia
'Tree
Day-Plant Your Future' tradition was started on March 12, 2008, when over
150,000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day (symbolically, one for
each citizen). It continues now each year.
Malawi
National
Tree Planting Day is on the 2nd Monday of December.
Mexico
The
Día del Árbol , started in 1959, it is celebrated each year on the 2nd
Thursday of July.
Mongolia
The
first National Tree Planting Day was celebrated in 2010, it is now tradition on
the 2nd Saturday of May and October.
Namibia
Arbor
Day is celebrated on October 8.
Netherlands
Begun
in 1957, National Festival of Trees (Nationale Boomplantdag/Nationale
Boomfeestdag) is celebrated the third Wednesday of March.
New
Zealand
Arobor
Day is on June 5.
Niger
Arbor
Day is August 3.
Pakistan
National
tree plantation day is August 18.
Philippines
Arbor
Day has been celebrated since 1947, and is now celebrated on June 25.
Poland
Arbor
Day is October 10.
Portugal
Arbor
Day is March 21.
South
Africa
Arbor
Day, begun in 1945, was expanded to Arbor Week in 200, lasting from September
1-7.
South
Korea
Arbor
Day is celebrated April 5.
Spain
Celebrations
for Arbor Day are chosen locally, but they are usually celebrated from February
to May.
Taiwan
Arbor
Day is celebrated on March 12.
Tanzania
National
Tree Planting Day is April 1
Uganda
National
Tree Planting Day is March 24.
United
Kingdom
National
Tree Week, first celebrated in 1975, this year is from Nov 26- Dec 4.
United
States
Arbor
Day is on the last Friday in April.
Venezuela
Día
del Arbol
(Day of the Tree) is the last Sunday of May.
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