The WashU Arboretum is now welcoming design submissions from WashU students for the 2025 Arboretum token, featuring this year’s Tree of the Year, Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa).
Design requirements:
- A botanically accurate sketch of a Bur Oak, Quercus macrocarpa
- Both the common name and Latin name, properly formatted
- The words “WashU Arboretum”
- The website’s url: trees.wustl.edu
Submission Deadline: January 31, 2025
All current Washington University students, graduate and undergraduate, are welcome to submit their art for the Arboretum’s third annual Tree of the Year design competition.
The body of the submission email must include: a high resolution, printer ready png or pdf of the design as well as the artist’s name, major, and expected graduation year. The arboretum advisory committee will evaluate all of the submissions and will announce the winner of the competition in February.
Email submissions or questions to the Arboretum at trees@wustl.edu.