The Spanish village of Mondoñedo held the first documented arbor plantation festival in the world organized by its mayor in 1594.

Additionally, the small Spanish village of Villanueva de la Sierra held the first modern Arbor Day, an initiative launched in 1805 by the local priest with the enthusiastic support of the entire population.

While Napoleon was ravaging Europe with his ambition in this village in the Sierra de Gata lived a priest, don Juan Abern Samtrés, which, according to the chronicles, "convinced of the importance of trees for health, hygiene, decoration, nature, environment and customs, decides to plant trees and give a festive air.

After the Mass, and even coated with church ornaments, don Juan, accompanied by clergies, teachers and a large number of neighbours, planted the first tree, a poplar, in the place known as Valley of the Ejido.

[5] McCreight urged Roosevelt to make a public statement to school children about trees and the destruction of American forests.

Activities include an annual national Arbour Day Poetry Competition and tree planting ceremonies throughout the territory.

On this day, each grade 1 student in Calgary's schools receives a tree seedling to be taken home to be planted on private property.

[12][13] "Dia del Arbol" was celebrated on June 28, 2022, as defined by Chile's Environment Ministry Arbor Day (植樹節) was founded by the forester Ling Daoyang in 1915 and has been a traditional holiday in the Republic of China since 1916.

The Beiyang government's Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce first commemorated Arbor Day in 1915 at the suggestion of forester Ling Daoyang.

From 1929, by decree of the Nationalist government, Arbor Day was changed to March 12 [zh], to commemorate the death of Sun Yat-sen, who had been a major advocate of afforestation in his life.

Supporting documentation instructs all units to report population statistics to the local afforestation committees for workload allocation.

It was initiated in 1950 by K. M. Munshi, the then Union Minister for Agriculture and Food, to create an enthusiasm in the mind of the populace for the conservation of forests and planting of trees.

The name Van Mahotsava (the festival of trees) originated in July 1947 after a successful tree-planting drive was undertaken in Delhi, in which national leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr Rajendra Prasad and Abul Kalam Azad participated.

Paryawaran Sachetak Samiti, a leading environmental organization conducts mass events and activities on this special day celebration each year.

[23] The Jewish holiday Tu Bishvat, the new year for trees, is on the 15th day of the month of Shvat, which usually falls in January or February.

This day is considered to combine traditional Asian cultural values with the country's dominant Communist ideology.

Even though Singmogil is no longer an official holiday, the day is still celebrated, with the South Korean public continuing to take part in tree-planting activities.

The Día del Árbol was established in Mexico in 1959 with President Adolfo López Mateos issuing a decree that it should be observed on the 2nd Thursday of July.

[38] The first official celebration was scheduled to take place in Wellington in August 1892, with the planting of pōhutukawa and Norfolk pines along Thorndon Esplanade.

This vision bore fruit and schools in New Zealand have long planted native trees on Arbor Day.

Prior to then, Arbor Day was celebrated on 4 August, which is rather late in the year for tree planting in New Zealand, hence the date change.

[clarification needed] Having in mind the bad condition of the forest fund, and in particular the catastrophic wildfires which occurred in the summer of 2007, a citizens' initiative for afforestation was started in North Macedonia.

National tree plantation day of Pakistan (قومی شجر کاری دن) is celebrated on 18 August.

[48] Since 2012, many local arbor day celebrations have been commemorated, as in the cases of Natividad[49] and Tayug[50] in Pangasinan and Santa Rita in Pampanga.

Moreover, Polish Forest Inspectorates and schools give special lectures and lead ecological awareness campaigns.

For example, the social enterprise Greenpop, which focusses on sustainable urban greening, forest restoration and environmental awareness in Sub-Saharan Africa,[54] leverages Arbor Day each year to call for tree planting action.

During Arbor Month 2019, responding to recent studies that underscore the importance of tree restoration, they launched their new goal of planting 500,000 by 2025.

In Villanueva de la Sierra (Extremadura), where the first Arbor Day in the world was held in 1805, it is celebrated, as on that occasion, on Tuesday Carnaval.

[58] As an example of commitment to nature, the small town of Pescueza, with only 180 inhabitants, organizes every spring a large plantation of holm oaks, which is called the "Festivalino", promoted by city council, several foundations, and citizen participation.

National Arbor Day is celebrated every year on the last Friday in April; it is a civic holiday in Nebraska.