Today is Arbor Day in Hawaii. The Aloha State celebrates the
tree-planting holiday later than all other states, with the
exception of South Carolina. According to Arbor Day Hawaii, the
celebration first arrived in the then-territory of Hawaii in
1905, with the governor recommending that all public schools
devote part of the school day to planting trees and scrubs.
There is also a section for locating Arbor Day events through
Hawaii. The state tree for Hawaii is the Candlenut, or Kikui,
pictured at right. The State of Hawaii is currently home to four
Tree City USA communities. The largest Tree City USA in Hawaii
is Honolulu, population 905,000; the smallest is Schofield
Barracks, population 14,428.