A "neighborhood arboretum" is a little different. It is not in a garden or park. Trees Atlanta arboreta will include trees growing throughout neighborhoods in Atlanta: in yards, sidewalk planting strips, and parks.

As in all arboreta, attractive markers will identify the trees, but instead of simply following a well-marked path, visitors will rely on a brochure to locate and learn more about the arboretum trees. The seven neighborhoods below have arboreta that all citizens of Atlanta can visit:

 

  Neighborhood arboretums were created to encourage

  community involvement with their urban forest. By bringing

  the arboretum to the community along the streets where

  residents walk, dine, exercise, and socialize, neighbors will

  actually live in a tree museum. They will get to know the

  individual trees and care for them as they would their

  family, friends, and neighbors. Kay Stephenson has

  written a great article about Trees Atlanta's neighborhood

  arboreta, and you can read that article here.

 

Trees Atlanta has three primary goals for this project:

1.  To educate the public about trees and tree species.

2.  To improve the care and increase the biodiversity of our urban forest.

3.  To create citizen advocates for trees, by encouraging a new appreciation for trees.

Click to view the brochures and maps of the following neighborhood arboreta:

Virginia-Highland	Sylvan Hills	Reynoldstown	Oakhurst

Midtown	Cabbagetown	Inman Park

 

To learn more about the components of neighborhood arboreta, and see how your neighborhood can join the program, click here.

 

Contact Program Director Greg Levine for more information.