The City of Wetumpka will celebrate Arbor Day and its 35th year as an official “Tree City” with a tree-planting ceremony to commemorate community members who have passed away.

Along with the memorial tree planting, the annual event, scheduled for Thursday, March 10th at 2 p.m., will include an award presentation in honor of the city’s accomplishments of participating in the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA program, which began in 1976.