National Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April

National Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April

This year it will be on Friday April 30th, 1999

And he shall be like a planted tree by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper~Psalm 1:3~

This is how the Bible describes a "Godly" man. Strong and wise, like a TREE with roots firmly planted. One who will not be driven by the wind. One that is not like chaff.

Some people plant trees to commemorate special events.
For the birth\par of a child or the death of a loved one.
Because it will grow and last for years.
So that they can remember.

"Arbor Day which has already transplanted itself to every state in the American Union and has even been adopted in foreign lands... is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future."
----J. Sterling Morton----

Arbor means "tree" in Latin. Arbor Day is a special day that has been set aside for planting and caring for trees. The first Arbor Day was celebrated in Nebraska on April 10, 1872. It was started by J. Sterling\par Morton, a Nebraska newspaper publisher who encouraged Nebraskans to plant trees to beautify and enrich the treeless state. He offered prizes for the most trees planted; over a million trees were planted on that first Arbor Day.

Isaiah 65:22"They shall not build, and another inhabit;
they shall not plant, and another eat:
for as the days of a tree [are] the days of my people,
and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

God created the trees.

Deuteronomy 16:21 tells us where NOT to plant trees: "Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee."		Ecclesiastes 3:2 Tells us that there is a time for everything under heaven. " A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;"
	Genesis 1:29 " And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."
Genesis 1:11 "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so."		Genesis 2:9 "And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."

Nave's Topical Bible: TREE

Of life Genesis 2:9 Genesis 3:22,24 Revelation 22:14		Of knowledge Genesis 2:9,17 Genesis 3:3-6,11,12,17
FIGURATIVE Psalm 1:3 Jeremiah 17:8		SYMBOLICALOf life Genesis 2:9

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Bay tree
named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means "native born", i.e., a tree not transplanted, but growing on its native soil, and therefore luxuriantly. If the psalmist intended by this word to denote any particular tree, it may have been the evergreen bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), which is a native of Palestine. Instead of "like a green bay tree" in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has, "like a green tree in its native soil."

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

The item(s) TREE was/were found in the following entry/entries:

Almon-diblathaim: hidden in a cluster of fig trees
Baal-tamar: master of the palm-tree
Baca: mulberry-tree
Bochim: the place of weeping; or of mulberry-trees
Ithamar: island of the palm-tree
Mamre: rebellious; bitter; set with trees
Remmon: greatness; elevation; a pomegranate-tree
Taanach-shilo: breaking down a fig-tree
Tadmor: the palm-tree; bitterness
Tamar: palm; palm-tree
Zatthu: olive ree

*Of the wood* *Solomon 2:3*	*Of the forest* *Isaiah 10:19*	*Bearing of fruit* Nehemiah 9:25 Ecclesiastes 2:5 Ezekiel 47:12
*Evergreen* Psalm 37:35 Jeremiah 17:2	Deciduous or casting the leaves *Isaiah 6:13*	*The roots* *Jeremiah 17:8*
*The stem or trunk* Isaiah 11:1 Isaiah 44:19	*The branches* Leviticus 23:40 Daniel 4:14	*The tender shoots* *Luke 21:29,30*
*The leaves* Isaiah 6:13 Daniel 4:12 Matthew 21:19	*The fruit or seeds* Leviticus 27:30 Ezekiel 36:30	*By the earth* *Genesis 1:12* *Genesis 2:9*
*By the rain from heaven* *Isaiah44:14*		*Through their own sap* *Psalm 104:16*

	MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
*Almond* *Genesis 43:11* Ecclesiastes 12:5 Jeremiah 1:11	*Almug or algum* 1Kings 10:11,12 2Chronicles 9:10,11	*Apple* Solomon 2:3 Solomon 8:5 Joel 1:12
*Ash* *Isaiah 44:14*	*Bay* *Psalm 37:35*	*Box* *Isaiah 41:19*
*Cedar* *1Kings 10:27*	*Chestnut* *Ezekiel 31:8*	*Cyprus* *Isaiah 44:14*
*Fig* *Deuteronomy 8:8*	*Fir* 1Kings 5:10 2Kings 19:23 Psalm 104:17	*Juniper* *1Kings 19:4,5*
*Lign-aloes* *Numbers 24:6*	*Mulberry* *2 Samuel 5:23,24*	*Myrtle* Isaiah 41:19 Isaiah 55:13 Zecariah 1:8
*Mustard* *Matthew 13:32*	*Oak* *Isaiah 1:30*	*Oil-tree* *Isaiah 41:19*
*Olive* *Deuteronomy 6:11*	*Palm* *Exodus 15:27*	*Pine* *Isaiah 41:19*
*Pomegranate* Deuteronomy 8:8 Joel 1:12	*Shittah or shittim* Exodus 36:20 Isaiah 41:19	*Sycamore* 1Kings 10:27 Psalm 78:47 Amos 7:14 Luke 19:4

Teil
Isaiah 6:13

Vine
Numbers 6:4
Ezekiel 15:2

Willow
Isaiah 44:4
Ezekiel 17:5

Of various sizes
Ezekiel 17:24

Given as food to the animal creation
Genesis 1:29,30
Deuteronomy 20:19

Designed to beautify the earth
Genesis 2:9

Each kind has its own seed for propagating its species
Genesis 1:11,12

Often propagated by birds who carry the seeds along with them
Ezekiel 17:3,5

Planted by man
Leviticus 19:23

Each kind of, known by its fruit
Matthew 12:33

God increases and multiplies the fruit of, for his people
Leviticus 26:4
Ezekiel 34:27
Joel 2:22

God often renders, barren as a punishment
Leviticus 26:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Trees: & Figs
Judges 9:8
2 Samuel 5:23
2 Samuel 6:5
1 Kings 6:29
1 Chronicles 14:15
1 Chronicles 2:8
Psalms 84:6
Isaiah 6:13

& war
2 Samuel 18:8
2 Samuel 18:9

not to be cut down
Deuteronomy 20:19

Oak
Psalms 29:9

of righteousness, believers
Ezekiel 47:12

Arbor Day is often the last Friday in April, but since planting conditions vary, it may occur from September to May; please consult the National Arbor Day Foundation's list of Arbor Day Dates.

Plant a Tree Today!

Tree and Arbor Day Links to Visit:

Arbor and Bird Day Obeservances: Library of Congress: Read what the Library of Congress says about Arbor Day
How do I plant a tree?
Famous and Historic Trees by American Forests
J. S. Morton: noted politician and founder of Arbor Day
Arbor Day History
Tu B'Shevat or Tu Bishvat, the Jewish Arbor Day
Visit the Johnny Appleseed Homepage
Paul Bunyan
National Arbor Day Foundation - The State trees and when each State Celebrates the Holiday

Arbor Day by Jeanne

The Ancient Flowers, Trees and Other Plants from the Bible Page

Arbor Day is often the last Friday in April, but since planting conditions vary, it may occur from September to May; please consult the National Arbor Day Foundation's list of Arbor Day Dates.

Arbor Day Stamps

The History of Arbor Day