Ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo UC Irvine ma luna o Aldrich Park ma kahi o ka quad koleke kahiko. I kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kulanui ma mua o 24,000 mau lāʻau ma ka pā kula - he hapaha o lākou i loko o Aldrich Park wale nō. Ua kōkua kēia mau lāʻau iā UC Irvine e hui pū me nā kulanui ʻē aʻe o Kaleponi ʻo UC Davis a me UC San Diego ma ka papa inoa o 74 mau kahua hoʻomoana ma ka ʻāina i koho ʻia ʻo Tree Campus USAs e ka Arbor Day Foundation.
"He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ia o kā mākou hoʻoilina a me ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana ke kū ʻana ma ʻaneʻi i kēia lā ma Aldrich Park," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Chancellor Michael Drake i ka lehulehu o nā mea manawaleʻa i ʻākoakoa e kanu i nā kumulāʻau hou aʻe i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka hanohano.
No ka ʻike hou aku ma ka papahana ʻo Arbor Day's Tree Campus USA, e kipa ko lakou punaewele maanei.