• Friends of the Arboretum Spring Plant Sale

    The Friends of The University of Alabama Arboretum will hold their annual Spring Plant Sale on Sunday, April 15, 2012 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.  Members of the Friends organization will be admitted at 12 noon along with those gardeners who wish to join the organization at that time.  The sale will take place in the parking lot of the former UA Read more...

  • Volunteers Welcome!

    The Arboretum greenhouses are a wonderful place to spend a cool autumn or winter morning.

    If you would like to help with transplanting, labeling and maintaining our collection of tropical and desert plants, please contact the Arboretum at 553-3278.

    Thanks!

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  • Druid City Canopy Coalition

    Please consider joining the Druid City Canopy Coalition. We are an informal group interested in assisting with Tuscaloosa’s urban reforestation through procuring and distributing trees. We are especially interested in working with neighborhood associations. You can find the group on Facebook. Contact the Arboretum for more Read more...

  • Community Organic Garden

    The UA organic community garden started in the Spring of 2009 with a group of students interested in knowing more about how food grows and hoping to foster a stronger bond between students, faculty and the greater Tuscaloosa area. It began as a 20×20 foot plot graciously given to us by the UA arboretum and has since doubled in size. In Read more...

About the Arboretum

The arboretum is open daily from 8AM until sunset, except on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. There is no admission charge for entrance.

Contact Us

Phone: (205) 553-3278
Fax: (205) 553-3728
E-mail: arbor@bama.ua.edu

 

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