Kiwis Celebrate Arbour Day
This Queens Birthday Weekend, Kiwis of all sizes are celebrating Arbour Day with the annual planting of trees and generally beautifying their neighbourhoods.
Since 1977 New Zealand has celebrated Arbor Day on June 5, which is also World Environment Day, prior to then Arbor Day, in New Zealand, was celebrated on August 4 – which is rather late in the year for tree planting in New Zealand hence the date change.
Tia and Toi Royal Planting at the Pauatahanui Inlet
The founder of Arbor Day was Julius Sterling Morton, a member of Nebraska’s Board of Agriculture. He asked for one day a year to be set aside for planting trees to help save the Great Western Plains. They had been almost totally cleared of trees. As a result the world’s first Arbor Day was held in Nebraska on 10 April, 1872.
New Zealand’s first Arbor Day planting took place in Greytown in the Wairarapa on 3 July, 1890. Following calls for the establishment of a day for tree planting, 4 August was designated as a holiday in government offices for Arbor Day. This country’s first official celebration took place in Wellington that year. From that day, it has become an annual celebration throughout New Zealand.
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That was really so nice!!!
Planting of trees are beautifying the neighborhood..
they had been almost totally cleared of trees.
Thanks for sharing..:)
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It was interesting to know aobut such holiday – to my mind it is a womderful tradition!
Arbor Day , what a good idea! We should all join this!
In our country there is no such a remarkable holiday and it is a pity:(
These nice children on the photo look really pretty – that’s great that this holiday has made them happier!
Arbor day and i planted a tree but now am required to name it creativly. Its an oak tree and any names would work. Although i am looking for a name that is representational towards the earth, nature, trees or anything that makes sense for an oak tree.
Kiwi Arbour Day its a very enjoyable day we all must join this day and enjoy a great healthy start of the day by adding fruits and nuts from trees to,. While kiwi and coconuts comes far away, apples, peaches and almonds might have grown nearby.
Wow…very special day. This celebration make the earth more beautiful!
Very good post . Thanks for sharing.
this is a very beautifull agriculture
What an amazing holiday! It’s so great that the state made it a holiday so that you can actually go there yourself and plant a tree. It’s would be great if they would make some kind of donation system where you can give money for somebody else to plan a tree for you. In that way people who cannot do it themselves for some reason can still participate.