Roger's Tree Pick – Arbor Day in California

National Arbor Day is celebrated in California from March 7 through 14 every year, and the movement has been growing strong since the first Arbor Day back in 1872 in the state of Nebraska. California’s state tree is the glorious redwood, one of the tallest redwoods in the world and found in northern California.

Every state in the Union, from Alabama to Wyoming, sets aside a date or a week for the planting of trees throughout their state. It begins as early as November in Hawaii, and ends in Maine in the month of May.

The beginnings of National Arbor Day began with Julius Sterling Morton (1832-...