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City of HarrodsburgTree Board
City of HarrodsburgTree Board

October 10–17, 2026Our first year

Harrodsburg Tree Week

For the first time, Harrodsburg is setting aside a week to celebrate its trees: tree plantings, talks and training, and volunteer work around town, open to everyone.

Tree Week 2026 has ended. Thank you to everyone who took part.

See the schedule

The week at a glance

5 events · 8 days · 4 places around town

  1. Saturday, October 10: 1 event
  2. Sunday, October 11: no events
  3. Monday, October 12: no events
  4. Tuesday, October 13: 1 event
  5. Wednesday, October 14: 1 event
  6. Thursday, October 15: 1 event
  7. Friday, October 16: no events
  8. Saturday, October 17: 1 event

The schedule

Some times are still tentative. Each event's page always has the latest details.

  1. SaturdayOctober 10

  2. TuesdayOctober 13

  3. WednesdayOctober 14

  4. ThursdayOctober 15

  5. SaturdayOctober 17

What is Tree Week?

Tree Week sets aside a few days each fall to celebrate trees and the people who plant and care for them: planting together, learning how to keep trees healthy, and taking a closer look at the trees we pass every day.

2026 is Harrodsburg's first Tree Week. It's organized by the Harrodsburg Tree Board, a volunteer board of the City of Harrodsburg, and joins Kentucky Tree Week(external site), when communities across the state hold events of their own. Kentucky Tree Week 2026 runs October 9–18.

2026 is also Harrodsburg's first year as a Tree City USA community, and the Tree Board has planted 254 trees here since 2020. Tree Week celebrates that work and invites everyone to help it grow.

Mayor Bob Williams proclaims Tree Week in Harrodsburg at the kickoff at Veterans Park, where a native serviceberry and two native shrubs go in the ground. The ginkgo planting at Anderson-Dean Park is paid for by a grant from the Harrodsburg/Mercer County Tourist Commission.

Tree weeks near and far

The United States has no official national Tree Week. Arbor Day is the national tree holiday, and states, cities and countries add celebrations of their own.

  1. 1872

    Arbor Day, Nebraska

    J. Sterling Morton proposed a tree-planting holiday, and on the first Arbor Day, April 10, 1872, more than a million trees were planted in Nebraska. National Arbor Day is now the last Friday in April; Kentucky observes Arbor Day on the first Friday in April.

  2. 1975

    National Tree Week, United Kingdom

    The Tree Council began it to replant trees lost to Dutch elm disease. Held each late November, it marks the start of the winter planting season there.

  3. 2018

    Kentucky Tree Week

    The University of Kentucky's Urban Forest Initiative started Tree Week as Kentucky's annual celebration of urban and community forestry, and in 2024 invited communities across the state to take part. Lexington holds its ninth Tree Week in 2026.

  4. 2026

    Harrodsburg Tree Week, our first

    A week of plantings, learning and volunteer work for Harrodsburg's trees.

Elsewhere, Canada has marked National Forest Week each September for more than a century, and South Africa holds Arbor Week in the first week of September.

Sources

Ways to take part

  • Come to an event

    Everything on the schedule is open to the public. Bring a friend.

    The schedule

  • Volunteer

    Plantings and work days are listed on the calendar as the board schedules them.

  • Plant a native tree

    Fall is a good time to plant. Find a Kentucky native that suits your yard.

    Kentucky Trees

  • Spread the word

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