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Tree City USA – Time to Recertify!
Click to view slideshow.In 2010, more than 135 million American citizens were able to call their city – a Tree City USA community. In Georgia, 137 cities were certified. You may now begin the renewal...
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Trees for Dade: 5,000 trees to tornado victims and Free Benefit Concert
Dade County, GA was greatly damaged by the recent tornadoes. The Trenton Tree City Tree Board (Tree City) has purchased 5,000 trees to give away to residents and businesses that have suffered damage...
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Conyers Celebrates Arbor Day
The City of Conyers Arbor Day event was held in Eastview Cemetery Park on Thursday, Oct. 27th. Rockdale Career Academy FFA class assisted City personnel and the Georgia Forestry Commission with...
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Arbor Day Foundation Volunteer Center
Volunteers are an essential part of planting and caring for trees in communities. Now there is a quick and easy way to find opportunities to help out near where you live. The arbordaynow.org Volunteer...
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Tree Campus USA Event with Georgia State
Click to view slideshow. On Saturday, Nov. 10, more than 150 students from Georgia State University (GSU) planted 30 trees at the intersection of Decatur and Bell Streets in Atlanta as part of the Tree...
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Calling All Tree Board Members!
Join the Georgia Urban Forest Council and Georgia Forestry Commission for some basic tree care instruction, a luncheon honoring Georgia’s Tree City USAs, and “Urban Forestry Jeopardy!”. Meet us at the...
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Tree City USA Survey for Communities
Attention Tree City USA Community Leaders! The Arbor Day Foundation, in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters is currently conducting a comprehensive...
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Trees and Water, State Arbor Day Event – February 18, Rome
This year, GUFC’s quarterly programs are focusing on tree canopy, stormwater management, and water quality. We’ll start with our first quarterly program, February 18 (10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.) at the ECO...
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Trail of Trees Visits Jefferson, GA
by Tim Womick, Saturday, Feb. 22 “The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its country.” Thomas Jefferson Jefferson is a town of about 10,000 in northeast...
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Dr. Kim Coder Receives Arbor Day Foundation’s Highest Honor
This year, Dr. Kim Coder was the recipient of the 2014 Arbor Day Foundation’s J. Sterling Morton Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Foundation in honor of his outstanding contribution to tree...
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Agnes Scott College’s Urban Forestry Audit
Click to view slideshow. At the Georgia Urban Forest Council’s annual College Tree Canopy Conference, held at Agnes Scott College (ASC) on Sept. 22, student Claudia Mitchell provided a presentation on...
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Tree City, Tree Campus and Tree Line USA Applications Due
The Nov. 15 deadline to submit your 2015 Tree City USA and Tree Campus USA recertification applications has passed. We will still accept late applications, however we cannot guarantee you will receive...
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$1,000 Awards for Arbor Day Celebrations
Attention for Tree Campus USAs and ACTrees members in Georgia. In celebration of National Arbor Day on April 29, 2016, the Arbor Day Foundation is offering Tree Campus USA® Mini-Awards to support Arbor...
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Mayors’ Symposium on Trees #GAarborday
Looking forward to our first Mayors’ Symposium on Trees and Statewide Arbor Day Celebration on Wednesday, February 17th at Trees Atlanta. The event is SOLD OUT and we have six mayors attending. Mayor...
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#GAarborday Celebrations
We celebrated 2016 Georgia Arbor Day across the state in many different ways. The statewide Arbor Day event on February 17th at Trees Atlanta was a packed with more than 100 people, including 25...
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Snapping Shoals EMC Offering 1,000 Free Trees to Customers Through Arbor Day...
In partnership with the Georgia Forestry Commission, Snapping Shoals EMC is providing 1,000 free trees to customers through Energy-Saving Trees, an Arbor Day Foundation program that helps conserve...
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