METRO BEAUTIFICATION & ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION

City marks Arbor Day March 25

Tree lovers will gather in Centennial Park to celebrate the city's Arbor Day March 25.

Nashville will receive its 16th straight Tree City USA designation, and NES will get a Tree Line USA award.

Trees Nashville presents the second annual Alice Ann Barge Award for urban forest excellence, and Metro Tree Advisory Committee gives the George H. Cate Jr. Award for a commercial property that exceeds the spirit of the Tree Ordinance.

Three fifth-graders will read their winning Arbor Day essays, and a number of trees will be planted in honor or memory of Nashville's best citizens.

Ceremonies begin at 11 am in the shelter by the Sunken Gardens.

Nashville Tree Foundation

Scott Russell Sanders speaks
at Tree Foundation fundraiser

Author/environmentalist Scott Russell Sanders gives a lecture and reading as part of Nashville Tree Foundation's Wendell Berry Lecture Series April 13 at Montgomery Bell Academy. Sanders' writings examine the human place in nature and the relationship between culture and geography. MORE

Trees Nashville • Tennessee Urban Forestry Council

Nashville shines at national
urban forestry conference

Chris Armour and Heather Langford address the conference.

Trees Nashville president Chris Armour and TUFC president Heather Langford told the story of Nashville's tree canopy assessment at the Partners in Community Forestry Conference in Philadelphia. They discussed building partnerships as the key to completing the successful project before an audience of national urban forestry experts.

Armour was recognized by the Alliance for Community Trees, a nonprofit urban forestry organization, which presented the organization's NeighborWoods Scholarship, donated by The Home Depot Foundation, the leader in investing in nonprofit organizations that are building better communities through urban forestry.