Arbor day

• Happy Arbor Day 2012! Plant a tree! Hug a tree! Love a tree! This eco-tastic holiday was founded in Nebraska in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton, an editor who wrote racist, pro-slavery editorials (!) but was fascinated by trees.
(Huffington Post)
• In the Louisiana parish that was home to generations of my family, people lived hard lives as field hands or sharecroppers, laboring from can see in the morning to cant see at night.
(Los Angeles Times)
• In celebration of Arbor Day, you can plant a tree in Haiti simply by taking a quiz on Facebook. Clothing retailer Timberland is encouraging people to celebrate Arbor Day today with the re-launch of its "Hortiscope" quiz on Facebook.
(Mashable.com)
• In April 10, 1872, J. Sterling Morton started the first Arbor Day celebration where a resolution was passed "to set aside one day to plant trees both forest and fruit.
(Examiner)
• FLINT, MI -- More than 1,000 trees have been planted on a 60-acre portion of the former Chevy in the Hole site as part of a cleanup effort that will help transform it from a concrete wasteland to a greener space along the Flint River.
(MLive.com)
• The Wayland-based Lynch Landscape Tree Service will partner with the Massachusetts Tree Wardens Association, local community groups and hundreds of state certified arborists for the Massachusetts Arborists Association's (MAA) Arbor Day of Service.
(Abington Mariner)
• POINT PLEASANT BEACH — G. Harold Antrim Elementary School played host school for the Ocean County Shade Tree Commission's annual Arbor Day celebration.
(Asbury Park Press)
• Reno, NV (KRNV mynews4.com) -- Truckee Meadows Community Forestry Coalition and the City of Reno are hosting a tree planting event 1 p.m. Friday April 27, 2012 at Idlewild Park to celebrate Arbor Day.
(msnbc.com)
• Red Butte Garden celebrated Arbor Day with a bang this year as they opened their doors to the public with free admission on Friday.
(Examiner)
• On this Arbor Day, when people are encouraged to plant trees, meet a Kentucky physician who has planted more than 750,000 of them on his own land. Dr.
(CNN (blog))