Celebrating World Olive Tree Day Nov 26, 2024

Celebrating World Olive Tree Day

Today, we"re not just offering you an olive branch—we"ve got the whole tree. November 26 is World Olive Tree Day, so we"re taking some time to appreciate this amazing plant. Olive trees were first cultivated in the eastern Mediterranean around 8,000 years ago. From there, they were introduced to the Greek islands and mainland by the Phoenicians, then farther afield, reaching Spain and the western edge of the Mediterranean by around 1000 BCE. The olive branch has been a symbol of peace since ancient times, and olive trees have been grown for their oil, wood, and fruit for millennia.

© Massimo Santi/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Nov 26, 2018A little bit of Wonderland in New York City
Nov 26, 2019Staring down winter
Nov 26, 2020Happy Thanksgiving from an expert face-stuffer
Nov 26, 2021Native American Heritage Day
Nov 26, 2022World Olive Tree Day
Nov 26, 2023Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
Nov 26, 2025World Olive Tree Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Dec 8, 2023La Rocque Harbour, Island of Jersey
Apr 26, 2019Happy Arbor Day!
Mar 21, 2024International Day of Forests
Nov 29, 2021Rainbow Mountain
Oct 8, 2022World Octopus Day
May 16, 2018National Love a Tree Day
Nov 25, 2019The migrating monarchs of Michoacán
Nov 27, 2024Tombeau du Géant in Bouillon, Belgium
Mar 29, 2019A place called ‘Peace’ in India
Jul 10, 2018Wyoming celebrates its statehood
Oct 11, 2023National Fossil Day
Jan 18, 2021A step toward freedom
Aug 14, 2025Cable car station, Graubünden, Switzerland
Dec 23, 2020Swimming into the season
Jun 8, 2018Green sea turtle on World Oceans Day
May 19, 2024Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
Nov 22, 2018Tom Turkey takes Manhattan
Jul 2, 2022Halfway Day
Jan 12, 2019Sailing across the ice
Jun 24, 2021The call of the wild in Alaska
Jun 20, 2019In celebration of America’s national bird
Aug 18, 2022Surströmming Day
Jul 13, 2021Through an artist s eyes
Aug 31, 2022Blue linckia sea stars in Papua New Guinea
Nov 20, 2018Flamingos of the Chilean desert
Aug 15, 2024Hang Sơn Đoòng Cave, Vietnam
Feb 6, 2025Waitangi Day in New Zealand
Nov 10, 202547 years of Badlands National Park
Dec 4, 2025International Cheetah Day
Mar 20, 2020Heron lies the Salton Sea