Urban and Community Forestry Events

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Arizona Arbor Day

This event is held annually to celebrate trees and the multitude of benefits they provide. It includes a reading of the Arizona Arbor Day proclamation, an awards ceremony for Tree City, Tree Campus, and Tree Line USA, Citizen Forester of the Year, Magnificent 7 Trees, and a commemorative tree planting. Arbor Day traditionally occurs on the last Friday of April. 

Tour des Trees

Tour des Trees is a FREE (self‐guided) Bike, Walk, or Drive friendly event that weaves throughout an annually selected community in Arizona and highlights magnificent trees of various species. Professional Arborists are located at each tree to discuss different tree topics such as, Tree Selection, Proper Tree Planting, Right Tree – Right Place, Proper Watering, Proper Pruning, and the Benefits of Trees.  

Tour des Trees - Fact Sheets
 

Poster Contest  

Each year around Arbor Day, we invite Arizona youth in grades K-12 to participate in our poster contest to highlight the amazing role that trees play in our lives and our communities. The theme for 2020's contest is: 'If Trees Could Talk: 100 Years of Tree Care in Arizona!'

 

This year's contest is intended to showcase all of the amazing ways that people have cared for trees over the last 100 years - from the Arizona State Forester to the professional landscaper to the neighborhood community - to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the National Association of State Foresters. 

 

Please click here for the 2020 poster contest rules.  

2019 Winners 

K-2nd Grade

 

1st place - Jaciel Acosta, Amberela Elementary School - Phoenix 

 

2nd place - Jose Uriarte-Chavez, Robert Naylor K-8 - Tucson 

 

3rd place - Tess Nelson, Zaharis Elementary School - Mesa 

 

3rd-5th Grade

 

1st place - Sarina Ahmed, Joy of Fine Arts - Chandler 

 

2nd place - Dylan Hatch, Mercury Mine Elementary - Phoenix 

 

3rd place - Jeannette Pedraza, Montessori Day School - Phoenix 

 

6th-8th Grade

 

1st place - Cadence Caddell, Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy - Flagstaff

 

2nd place - Paul Troy Renkas, Anthem Preparatory Academy - Anthem 

 

3rd place - Christina Murella, Legacy Traditional School Chandler - Chandler 

 

9th-12th Grade 

 

1st place - Madeline Madine, Corona Del Sol High School - Tempe

 

2nd place - Quinci Becky, Anthem Preparatory Acadmey - Anthem 

 

3rd place - Erin Forstner, Verrado High School - Buckeye

 

Grantee Showcase  

The Showcase is an annual opportunity for our Community Challenge Grant recipients to present their Urban and Community Forestry projects, discuss their accomplishments, and network with program partners and collaborators. Presentations in the past have included, Urban Tree Maintenance Education, Linking Edible Arizona Forests (LEAF) Network, Irrigation Requirements of Landscape Trees, Urban Riparian Forests, and Creating Community-based Green Infrastructure.