The Tree City USA program, sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation, USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters, provides direction, technical assistance, public attention, and national recognition for urban and community forestry programs in thousands of towns and cities. To qualify for the Tree City USA designation, a city must have a forestry program, tree board or department, a tree care ordinance and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation.
The City of Hartsville marked South Carolina’s Arbor Day in December by planting a new Bur oak in Pride Park.
