Arbor Day celebrated in Fond du Lac, a Tree City USA city

Today, April 26, 2024, is Arbor Day and the City of Fond du lac will be celebrating the day at 1:00 pm at the Park Pavilion in Lakeside Park where a third grade class from Roberts Elementary School will be planting the Arbor Day tree on the west lakefront in the park. The tree for planting has been donated by Festival Foods.

This will be a joint Arbor Day celebration for the City of Fond du Lac and UW Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus. The University will receive the award for its 5th year of Tree Campus Higher Education status. UW Oshkosh is the only UW System School with all three of its campuses holding Tree Campus Higher Education status.

The City of Fond du Lac will also receive its 36th Tree City Award. Fond du Lac achieved Tree City USA recognition by meeting the program’s four requirements of 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.