Arbor Day Friday – Fond du Lac to join elementary class in planting tree in Lakeside Park

The City of Fond du lac will be celebrating Arbor Day Friday, April 25, 2025, by joining kids from a local school and planting a tree in Lakeside Park.

Arbor Day is a day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees.

This year, along with a third grade class from Lakeshore Elementary School in Fond du Lac, The City of Fond du Lac will hold a tree planting ceremony near the Park Pavilion in Lakeside Park at 1:00 pm.

The tree is being donated by Festival Foods as well as tree seedlings for the students.

Fond du Lac will also be receiving its 37th Tree City Award. Fond du Lac achieved Tree City USA recognition by meeting the program’s four requirements: maintaining a tree board
or department, having a tree care ordinance, dedicating an annual community forestry budget of a least $2 per capita and hosting an Arbor Day observance and proclamation.

The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation, in partnership with the US Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.