11th Annual Trees Atlanta Tree Sale

Dave Knox for Trees Atlanta

Trees Atlanta is hosting the event at their LEED Platinum certified headquarters, the Trees Atlanta Kendeda Center, located at 225 Chester Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30316.  The Trees Atlanta Tree Sale is scheduled for Saturday, October 9, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Trees Atlanta donors of $500 or more are invited to attend a preview shopping night the evening before the Tree Sale.

Trees Atlanta will be offering more than 1,000 plants including 200 species of trees, shrubs and tree-friendly vines for purchase by the public. This year’s sale, sponsored by Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., focuses on shade trees and native trees that are disappearing from Atlanta’s urban landscape.  These trees are not typically available in nurseries and are seldom planted by local landscapers.

Special trees to look for at this year’s sale include beech, swamp chestnut oak, ostrya, mockernut hickory, turkey oak, walnut, Virginia pine, yellow berried American holly, contorted weeping redbud, weeping bald cypress, dwarf bald cypress, yellowwood, and paw paw. We will also offer non-invasive, unusual, and exotic tree and plant varieties such as camellia, ginkgo, dawn redwood, and a variety of columnar parrotia.  Experts will be on hand to offer tree selection assistance and planting instructions.  Delivery and planting assistance is available within a limited area for a small fee.

For more information about Trees Atlanta or the 11th Annual Trees Atlanta Tree Sale, visit www.treesatlanta.org or call 404-522-4097.