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The City of Tuscaloosa is kicking off Arbor Week celebrations this weekend. Arbor Week is a time to celebrate growing trees and is an extension of Arbor Day. The week-long holiday was signed into effect after the Birmingham Beautification Board, the State Garden Club, the Alabama Forestry Commission and the State Board of Education and State Legislature signed an act making Arbor Week the last full week of February.

Time is running out for Alabamians to visit the 2024 Auburn Floral Trail. It's underway through Friday, April 19. Community members are invited to travel the 14-mile, self-guided trail that highlights some of the finest blooms and foliage Auburn has to offer.

The 2024 Auburn Floral Trail is underway now through April 19. Community members are invited to travel the 14-mile, self-guided trail that highlights common springtime flowers such as azaleas and blooming trees such as pear, cherry and plum trees.

The city of Tuscaloosa has teamed up with Alabama Power and the Alabama Forestry Commission to give away over 1,500 tree seedlings in honor of Arbor Week. The giveaway is set for Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Tuscaloosa River Market from 7 a.m. until the seedlings run out.

The Auburn Tree Commission will host its annual Arbor Day Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 24. Members of the Tree Commission will distribute 500 Chinkapin oak trees and 500 Chickasaw plum trees to citizens free of charge.

The city of Anniston is proud of their city that’s dubbed “Tree City USA”. The community northeast of Birmingham recently had to remove two trees that were one hundred and fifty years old. City officials say the trees were at the end of their life cycle. Anniston hopes to use dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a preventative measure to maintain its trees so this does not happen again.

Community members are invited to nominate their favorite tree for the City of Auburn's third annual Outstanding Tree Awards.

A Southern Magnolia tree located on the Bryce Preserve at The University of Alabama has been recognized as the current largest of that species in the state during an event held on campus this month making it an Alabama Champion Tree.

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle and Huntsville’s Green Team will lead a tree planting day in John Hunt Park on Saturday, March 25. The two-hour event on Saturday runs 9-11 a.m. Volunteers may drop in anytime and all ages are encouraged to participate.

Enjoying cooler and cleaner air in Birmingham could come down to planting more urban trees.That’s according to a new study from the Nature Conservancy.…