Arbor Day
Celebrate Arbor Day and join UTRGV's Office for Sustainability on April 19, 2023, on the Edinburg Campus from 10 to 11 AM for a tree planting and Lorax storytelling at the Child Development Center.
Arbor Day is celebrated annually on different dates throughout the country. The main event, hosted in Nebraska, is on the last Friday in April each year. Our campus celebrates the event in the fall of the year when it is the best time to plant trees in our region. We celebrate jointly with cities in the Rio Grande Valley (Edinburg, McAllen, Pharr, Harlingen, and Brownsville).
UTRGV participates in Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA and has received the designation for the past two years and has just submitted its renewal recently. The Tree Campus USA program helps colleges and universities around the country establish and sustain healthy community forests. Two- and four-year accredited colleges and universities meet five standards developed to promote healthy trees and student involvement. By participating in this program, UTRGV shows its commitment to the health of its urban forest and provides a hospitable and pleasing environment for its campus family and community.
The Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation and education organization. A million members, donors, and partners support our programs to make our world greener and healthier. Founded in 1972, the centennial of the first Arbor Day observance in the 19th century, the Foundation has grown to become the largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees, with over one million members, supporters, and valued partners. The impact it makes on our world is accomplished through its conservation and education programs such as Tree City USA, Tree Campus USA, Alliance for Community Trees, Tree Line USA, community tree recovery, carbon footprint reduction, nature exploration, and energy-saving trees.
