Arbor Week Poster Contest

For California youth ages 5-12

Arbor Week Poster Contest

Attention Young Artists and Tree Lovers! 🎨🌳

California youth ages 5-12 years old are invited to participate in our 2025 Arbor Week Poster Contest! Read the contest theme information and rules below and turn your “tree-mendous” idea into a poster!

⏰Entry Due Date⏰: To be eligible, all posters and entry forms must be mailed and postmarked by Friday, February 7th.

🌳About the Contest Theme🌳

2025 Theme: Trees Root Our Community

Trees make our cities and towns feel like home. Their shady branches welcome us outside to play and enjoy time with family, friends, and neighbors.

“Trees Root Our Community” by making our neighborhoods stronger and healthier in many ways:

🤝 Trees connect people and provide a place for neighbors to meet and get to know each other
🚴‍♂️ Trees invite us to play, exercise, and gather outside together
🌳 Trees provide shade to keep us cool
🦋 Trees welcome us to relax and enjoy nature
Learn more about trees and how they help our families and community here.

Heartfelt thanks to our Arbor Week Poster Contest partners CAL FIRE and the USDA Forest Service!

2025 Poster Contest Entry Form

California Arbor Week Youth Poster Contest Flyer featuring a graphic of an urban park with many trees people children playing, walking dogs, and getting ice cream at a food vendor and words that read Trees Root Our Community Arbor Week Poster Contest 2025, enter to win cash prizes, entries due February 7, 2025, for guidelines, entry forms, and more information visit californiarleaf.org/arborweek

Download Contest Flyer

2025 Poster Contest Guidelines

2025 THEME: Trees Root Our Community

ELIGIBILITY:

The submittal must be original art created by a California youth between the ages of 5-12 years old.

POSTER SIZE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Artwork must be between 8.5”x11” and 11”x17” and on paper that allows for duplication.
Entry should not be matted, mounted, laminated, framed, or folded.
The artist’s first and last name must be written or signed on the front lower right-hand corner of the poster.
The theme phrase Trees Root Our Community must appear somewhere on the poster.
The poster must be related to the theme.

ENTRY DUE DATE: Friday, February 7, 2025 (postmarked)

HOW TO ENTER:

Send the original art and the Entry Form by February 7, 2025 (postmarked) to: California ReLeaf at 2115 J Street, Suite 213, Sacramento, CA 95816. All entries will become the property of California ReLeaf and cannot be returned.
If you cannot mail the artwork to us, high-quality digital replications (photographs or scans) are eligible. However, if the piece is selected as a finalist, the original must be arranged to be sent.

PRIZES:

A committee will review all posters and select the statewide finalists.
The parent/guardian of the winning artist will be notified by email.
Each winner will receive a cash prize ranging from $25 to $100 and a printed copy of their poster (18 x 24 inches).
The top-winning posters will be unveiled at the Arbor Week press conference, posted on the California ReLeaf and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) websites, and shared via social media channels.
Winning Posters will be announced on March 7th via our updates page and social media channels.
Winning Posters will also be featured on our Poster Contest Hall of Fame listing on our website (see below).

QUESTIONS? Contact Us: arborweek[at]californiareleaf.org

2025 Poster Contest Entry Form

Educational Resources

Tree Lesson Plans and Hands-On Activities designed for elementary and middle school students.

Media Kit

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