Food Truck Fun!
Join us for dinner and music at Avon Park, Thursday, June 10, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
“Plant the Town Red” Art Contest
Hey, creative kids! Enter your art to win prizes in this Memphis City Beautiful art contest open to all Shelby County students. Deadline for entry is May 30, 2021.
Spring Tree Planting
Springtime is a good time to plant trees! Thinking of planting a tree in your yard this spring? Now is the time to do it! Ladd Roberts of Mid-South Tree Farm says trees in our area should be planted no later than mid-April to get ahead of Memphis' dreaded summer heat, which can be especially hard on newly planted trees. Wondering what kind of tree to plant? You can start by checking out the species in the Avon Woods Arboretum
Valentines for the Trees
Sharing our love for trees this Valentine's Day We are blessed to have some wonderfully talented neighbors, as well as a bounty of beautiful trees -- especially beautiful covered in ice at the moment. May all our Avon Woods neighbors be surrounded by love, warmth and nature's beauty this Valentine's Day. [supsystic-gallery id=1] Top of page: A special Valentine's Day treat from Bill and Jennifer Stanek, performing "White Pines", a song that Bill, an accomplished singer/songwriter wrote. Keep sending your Valentine's messages
ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION
Friday, March 5, 2021 - Celebrate the City of Memphis Arbor Day and the 90th anniversary of Memphis City Beautiful at this day filled with activities at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
Show your love for trees
this Valentine’s Day
Valentines are no longer just for people! (The Lorax would wholeheartedly agree.) This Valentine's Day, the Avon Woods Arboretum invites you to show your love for trees by sharing a "Happy Valentine" to your favorite tree or to the Avon Woods canopy of trees. Take a photo of:A tree,A group of trees, orYou or you and friends/family with a tree.Or, draw a picture of:A tree or trees, orYou or you and friends/family with a tree.Or, write a poem:About a tree(s),To a
TREE PLANTING EVENT
The first Avon Woods Arboretum event, Saturday, Nov. 21 at the home of Dawn and Tim Edwards, was a success.
(VIDEO) Tree Climber: Flexibility Builds Strength
3 minutes that will make you appreciate trees and the life lessons we can learn from them Did you know a tree gets stronger as it sways in the wind? We all know that trees are alive, but we don’t often think about how they change as the grow, or how they create environments for other living things. Arborist Wes Hopper, Natural Resources Manager for the City of Germantown, shares his enthusiasm for trees and woodlands, and tells us some life
WELCOME
Welcome to the Avon Woods Arboretum, a public arboretum recognizing specimen trees in the Avon Woods Neighborhood of East Memphis, Tennessee. Voluntarily led by resident Judith (Judy) Rutschman and aided by neighbors, we have identified all of the trees in all of the front yards in our Avon Woods. In fall of 2018 with the help of West Tennessee Urban Forestry Council, we began the work of identifying trees in our neighborhood. Then in winter of 2019, Judi Shellabarger with
