Arbor Day Blog

Learn expert tips and watch best practice tutorials on all things trees. The Arbor Day blog shares insight on tree care and maintenance, tree planting, industry hot topics, and the inside scoop on Foundation programs. Join the conversation, read more to see the latest that’s going on.

Visit the blog http://arbordayblog.org/ 

Videos from Client

Content from this campaign

Environment

Small Trees Can Provide Shade Too
Shade is important for energy-conservation and to reduce air conditioning bills. But what if you have a single-story home with limited space? Medium to large trees just aren’t practical for your space.

Environment

Baldcypress: King of the Swamp
Nowhere is a tree species so intertwined with a place as the baldcypress is with swamps. Beginning with the art and literature of early America, images of baldcypress trees have been used to portray mystery and melancholy in the watery lowlands.

Environment

The Dish on Dirt: Why Soil Matters to Tree Health
Have you ever planted multiple trees or shrubs at the same time and noticed one variety flourishing while the other had no progress? There are numerous factors that can affect your plant health, one of which is soil.

Environment

Washington Hawthorn: A Symbol of Hope
Native to the southeast U.S., the Washington hawthorn was first discovered by an unknown explorer and taken to England in the late 1600s.

Environment

Arbor Day Foundation Member Story: Larry Hobart
Meet Larry. Poet, philosopher, gentleman, and Foundation member. His passion for life and making a difference in the world can be felt through his poems.

Environment

The Right Tree for the Right Place
Trees offer so much to home landscapes and benefit homeowners and the communities they live in whether it’s shade, beauty, privacy, windbreak, or higher property values. But these benefits are only enjoyed when you plant the right tree in the right place.

Environment

The Kousa Dogwood
Dogwood trees are well known for their delicate beauty in the landscape. Kousa dogwood not only meets the standard for attractiveness, it adds a hardiness that makes this species an excellent choice for home landscapes and urban areas.

Environment

Experts Learn How to Protect Trees AND Utility Lines
Unfortunately, trees and other vegetation — if not planted in the right place — are not always compatible with our energy needs. The network that crisscrosses North America includes about 5 million miles of high-voltage distribution lines (the ones that run down our neighborhood streets), 450,000 miles of very high-voltage transmission lines largely running across the natural landscape, and 300,000 miles of underground liquid and gas pipelines. Trees growing near this enormous system can pose several problems. Kids climb trees and can be exposed to dangerous electrical lines. Tree care workers and homeowners might not know the danger that these lines pose to them as they do their daily work.

Environment

The Living Forest: What Tree Rings Tell Us About the Life of a Tree
Trees are great record keepers, they tell us so much about the past. They are also resilient organisms, outliving humans and animals. Some of the oldest trees in the world are thousands of years old — like bristlecone pine.

Environment

Burbank Plum: Named After a Genius
Luther Burbank is undoubtedly one of the most successful plant breeders the world has ever known. Through his keen eye and genius for selective breeding, Burbank created and introduced more than 200 new varieties of fruits and nuts and hundreds of decorative flowers.

More from Arbor Day Foundation

Arbor Day Foundation News

Stay up to date on the latest news and events from the Arbor Day Foundation. Subscribe to the Arbor Day e-news arborday.org/accounts/optin.cfm

Arbor Day Foundation Corporate Partnerships

Since 1972, we have worked with more than 1 million members and supporters to plant and distribute more than 250 million trees around the world. To...

Arbor Day Foundation Annual Report 2019

Peek inside the annual report to see what made 2018/2019 the biggest year yet for the Arbor Day Foundation.

Arbor Day Foundation Annual Report 2018

The impact we make on our world is accomplished through our conservation and education programs. In 2018, the Arbor Day Foundation set its sights on...

Arbor Day Foundation Annual Report 2017

Planting trees is core to the Arbor Day Foundation mission. It’s what we’ve always done. We plant them with great purpose — because the beneficiaries...

Arbor Day Foundation Reforestation/Community Tree Recovery

Together with our partners and members, we’ve helped replant more than 60 million trees! The Community Tree Recovery Program was created out of the...

Arbor Day Blog

Learn expert tips and watch best practice tutorials on all things trees. The Arbor Day blog shares insight on tree care and maintenance, tree planting...

Arbor Day Foundation Programs

Together, we’re making our world cleaner and greener. In your yard and around the world, we’re planting trees where they're needed most. Read the...

Arbor Day Foundation Annual Report 2020

Take a look inside the 2020 annual report to see how the Arbor Day Foundation continued to thrive this past year.

Arbor Day Business Ventures

Whether it's sourcing responsibly-grown coffee, distributing trees to homeowners, or working with companies to offset carbon, our business ventures...