Bard College Named a 2024 Tree Campus by Arbor Day Foundation

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—Bard College has been recognized as a 2024 Tree Campus by the Arbor Day Foundation, a global nonprofit with a mission to inspire people to plant and celebrate trees. The Tree Campus program, operated in partnership with the National Association of State Foresters and with support from professional partner Bartlett Tree Experts, recognizes schools, universities, and healthcare facilities that utilize trees to improve their communities.

“This is Bard’s 13th year as a Tree Campus, and I couldn’t be more excited to once again celebrate this distinction,” said Amy Parrella, director of Horticulture & Arboretum at Bard. “As a Level II ArbNet accredited arboretum, Bard will honor this recognition and also celebrate our 18th year as a campus arboretum with our annual Arbor Day tree planting on April 25th.”

The Landscape and Arboretum Program at Bard aims to provide a campus environment rich in horticultural diversity and beauty that can be readily enjoyed by the College and surrounding community. The program promotes knowledge and appreciation of conservation through its preservation of the natural and landscaped resources of Bard’s nearly 1000-acre campus, which serves as both a place for community enjoyment as well as a living classroom, and comprises meadows, forests, wetlands, tidal estuary, and the Sawkill Creek, a Hudson River tributary.

“Trees have the power to inspire learning and improve well-being,” said Michelle Saulnier, vice president of programs at the Arbor Day Foundation. “By growing campus green spaces, forward-thinking higher education leaders like Bard College are cultivating vibrant learning communities that also benefit the greater environment.”

The Arbor Day Foundation fosters a growing community of more than 1 million leaders, innovators, planters, and supporters united by their belief that a more hopeful future can be shaped through the power of trees. The organization has planted more than 500 million trees in forests and communities across more than 60 countries since 1972.
 
About Bard College
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year, residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,200 park like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in more than 40 academic programs; graduate degrees in 13 programs; eight early colleges; and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 164-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal arts education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
 

This event was last updated on 01-30-2025

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