CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY
Four easy steps for a happy Arbor Day
- Celebrate Arbor Day by planting a tree and committing yourself to its care.
Use this family-based activity [PDF] to learn how to properly plant and care for your seedling or learn how to plant and care for your landscape tree [PDF]. Then put your newly planted trees on the map and be part of Wisconsin's pledge to plant 75 million trees by 2030! - Catch the Arbor Day spirit.
- Read and print the Governor’s Arbor Day and Forest Appreciation Week Proclamation [PDF]. It recognizes the many ways trees and forests not only improve our communities and our land but provide many of our everyday needs.
- Share this flyer [PDF] that shows how to plant a seedling and describes the benefits of trees.
- Say "thank you" to the landowners, foresters and other professionals who take good
care of the forests in Wisconsin.
- Use music to celebrate your tree planting event.
- Join Wisconsin Tree City USA’s communities.
Check to see if your city is recognized [exit DNR] as a Tree City USA. The Arbor Day Foundation also recognizes schools [exit DNR], university campuses [exit DNR] and hospitals [exit DNR] for their commitment to improving communities through tree-planting best practices.
Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel.
Aldo Leopold, forester, ecologist, educator and author of A Sand County Almanac
Activities
Be forest smart! Try these ready-to-use activities and lessons at home with family, in the classroom or at home-school.
- A history of Arbor Day [PDF].
- Learn how to raise oak trees from seed [PDF].
- Forest-opoly [PDF], a fun way to explore the basics of sustainable forestry.
- How is a log used? [PDF]
- How much do you know about the trees and forest products in your home? Investigate and find out [PDF].
Quizzers and crossword puzzles
- Forest wildlife quizzer [PDF]
- Sugar maple quizzer [PDF]
- My favorite forest animal [PDF] - crossword
- My favorite tree [PDF] - crossword
Lesson plan for grades 5 through 8
- Discover how trees grow and function [PDF] - Lesson highlights a tree's form and function and the process of photosynthesis. Special thanks to the Arbor Day Foundation.