Editing Arbor Day (section)

===Kenya===
{{Main|National Tree Growing Day}}

Historically, Kenya celebrated National Tree Planting Day on April 21.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Tree Planting Day of Kenya |url=https://www.mintageworld.com/media/detail/11796-national-tree-planting-day-of-kenya/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Mintage World |language=en}}</ref> Often people plant palm trees and coconut trees along the Indian Ocean that borders the east coast of Kenya. They plant trees to remember Prof. Wangari Maathai, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for planting of trees and caring for them all over Kenya.

With the Kenyan government launching a campaign to plant 15 billion trees by 2032,<ref>{{cite news |title=From Tree Planting to Tree Growing: A Paradigm Shift Towards 30% Tree Cover |url=https://kippra.or.ke/from-tree-planting-to-tree-growing-a-paradigm-shift-towards-30-tree-cover/ |access-date=10 May 2024|work=Kenya Instititute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) |date=10 May 2024}}</ref> they launched [[National Tree Growing Day]] with very aggressive targets for the number of trees to be planted. The first national public holiday was November 13, 2023. The second was May 10, 2024, with a goal to plant one billion trees in a single day.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kamunde |first1=Muraya |title=Tree Growing Day: Govt eyes to plant one billion trees Friday |url=https://www.kbc.co.ke/tree-growing-day-govt-eyes-to-plant-one-billion-trees-friday/ |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=Kenya Broadcasting Company |date=10 May 2024}}</ref>