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Florida Arbor Day – Tips for Tree Planting

by Tia Saracino
April 14, 2026

Arbor Day was established to celebrate trees and their beneficial ecosystem services they provide for humans and our environment. Florida Arbor Day is in January, as cooler months are the best time to plant trees, although trees can be planted ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Arbor Day, Florida, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Silvasy, Tree Planting

This Arbor Day, Invest in a Greener Future

by Andra Johnson
January 14, 2026

January 16 is Arbor Day in Florida, and this Friday, Extension offices throughout the state will be hosting tree planting workshops and tree giveaways. Florida gets a jump on national arbor day, which isn’t until April, because this is the ... READ MORE

Category: Forests,
Tags: Arbor Day, Trees

2025 Florida Arbor Day Celebration in Crestview

by llw5479
January 9, 2025

In celebration of Florida’s Arbor Day, free tree seedlings will be given away on Saturday, January 18, beginning at 10 a.m. at the John McMahon Environmental Center located at 132 Butler Avenue in Crestview. This event is sponsored ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Arbor Day, Florida Arbor Day, Tree Give-a-way, Tree Planting

Let’s Celebrate National Arbor Day 2022

by Eva Maria Pabon
December 28, 2023

This Friday, April 29, 2022, will be National Arbor Day, a holiday invented to recognize the importance of trees. It is most often observed by the planting of trees, either as a part of a group or as an individual homeowner. Here in Florida, ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Arbor Day, Eva Pabon, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, UF/IFAS Extension

Treejuvenation Florida

by Marguerite Beckford
October 23, 2023

Treejuvenation Florida is a UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County urban forestry program that aims to increase community engagement in activities which promote the benefits of trees, and help residents to recognize and appreciate their tree ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Arbor, Arbor Day, Pgm_HortComm, Tree, Treejuvenation, Urban Forestry, Urban Forestry Extension

Let’s Celebrate…National Arbor Day!

by Marguerite Beckford
October 23, 2023

I first fell in love with trees when I was 8 years old. The house we’d moved to had a huge Ficus benjamina tree with a 40-foot wide canopy in our backyard. It gave such deep shade that sitting underneath it on a hot afternoon, you would feel ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Arbor Day, Treejuvenation, Trees, Urban Forestry Extension

Free Trees: 2023 Arbor Day

by Alyssa Vinson
April 17, 2023

In celebration of Arbor Day and Earth Day, the City of Bradenton and Manatee County has once again partnered with Keep Manatee Beautiful and the Arbor Day Foundation to provide free trees to residents. City of Bradenton and Manatee County ... READ MORE

Category: Community Volunteers, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS
Tags: Arbor Day, Earth Day, Featured Hot Topic, Florida Friendly Landscape, Free Trees, Trees Are Good

Florida Arbor Day Celebration in Crestview this Friday

by llw5479
January 18, 2023

In celebration of Florida’s Arbor Day, free tree seedlings will be given away on Friday, January 20, 9 am to 1 pm or until trees are gone. This event will be held at the John McMahon Environmental Center located at 132 Butler Avenue in ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Forests
Tags: Arbor Day, Free Tree Seedlings, Planting Trees, Tree Give-a-way

The Gift of Trees: 2023

by Alyssa Vinson
January 11, 2023

The Gift of Trees Muffled in leaf litter, I stepped carefully, reverently toward the towering column. Unafraid, I knelt softly and pressed my hands on the smooth bark. Solace, solitude, and sanctuary provided by the sturdy boughs. I sat listening ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Relationships & Family
Tags: Arbor Day, Family, Featured Hot Topic, Fun, Special Event, Trees

Your January Landscape

by Julio Perez
December 31, 2022

It’s the start of the year, and you may be looking at the next project in your yard. If you are looking for a guide, UF/IFAS has an excellent publication called the North Florida Gardening Calendar. Let us walk through some of the suggestions ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture,
Tags: Arbor Day, Horticulture, January Landscaping, Putnam

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