Tree City USA

Davis has been designated as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The Arbor Day Foundation sponsors this designation in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters. The purpose of this program is to provide direction, technical assistance, public attention, and national recognition for urban and community forestry programs.

Davis has held this designation for 26 years, only surpassed in California by Burbank and Sacramento (each 27 years). Suprisingly, our neighboring city of Woodland has only held the designation for 4 years. To see examples of why Davis has been a Tree City USA for so long, see the page on our Street Trees.

On Arbor Day, which is usually celebrated in California the week of Luther Burbank's birthday (7 March), but which may be and frequently is celebrated later, in April, there is a celebration at the Davis Farmers Market, at which a Tree City USA banner is presented to the city.

For more information on the Tree City USA program, see the informational website by the Arbor Day Foundation. Or, to receive a free Tree City USA booklet:

Call (402) 474-5655, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST or e-mail your request to <treecity AT arborday DOT org>