SMA Urban Tree of the Year

SMA Announces Hackberry as 2020 Urban Tree of the Year

Young hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) used in extended road median in Poughkeepsie. Photo by Michelle Sutton Each fall, members of the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) nominate and vote for the SMA Urban Tree of the Year. You can see a list of winners going back [...]

SMA Announces 2015 Urban Tree of the Year

By Jean|2016-04-27T10:07:43-04:00December 9th, 2014|Categories: Recommended Urban Trees|Tags: Brett O'Brien, Cladrastis kentukea, Emily Hamilton, SMA Urban Tree of the Year, yellowwood|0 Comments

… and it’s one that’s close to our hearts, in the sense that the Tree of the Year (TOY) is none other than the one featured in bloom in our blog’s banner up top, yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea). What serendipity! Surrey, BC Urban Forester Emily Hamilton, who attended [...]