The National Arbor Day Foundation
has named Trees for Menlo as the 2002 recipient of the National Arbor
Day Foundation Lady Bird Johnson Award.
The award was created to honor the work of the former First Lady, who
has long been an Honorary Trustee of the Foundation. The award is
presented to individuals, groups or organizations whose work sets a
worthy example for others to follow in roadside beautification.
The award was presented to Trees for Menlo April 27, 2002
in Nebraska City, Nebraska, where Arbor Day was founded 130 years ago by
J. Sterling Morton.
On May 9, 2002 The
City of Menlo Park issued a Proclamation to Trees for Menlo for
"...creating a project that will be our gift to the future
generations of Menlo Park Citizens."