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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Columbia Parks and Recreation planning Arbor Day tree giveaway</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;">Columbia Parks and Recreation, along with the City of Columbia’s TreeKeepers volunteer group, the City’s Tree Board, the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA) and University of Missouri Agroforestry, is planning the annual Arbor Day tree giveaway.</p>
<p>The giveaway will be held Saturday, April 9, starting at 8 a.m. and lasting until seedlings are gone. Trees will be distributed at the MU Health Care Pavilion, home of the Columbia Farmers Market, 1769 Ash St. The giveaway table will be located near the southern entrance to the Market.</p>
<p>Two trees per person will be distributed. Trees available include:</p>
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<li>Aromatic sumac</li>
<li>Arrowwood viburnum</li>
<li>Bald cypress</li>
<li>Black walnut</li>
<li>Blackberry</li>
<li>Bur oak</li>
<li>Buttonbush</li>
<li>False indigo</li>
<li>Hazelnut</li>
<li>Kentucky coffeetree</li>
<li>Pawpaw</li>
<li>Redbud</li>
<li>Roughleaf dogwood</li>
<li>Shortleaf pine</li>
<li>Tulip poplar</li>
<li>Wild plum</li>
<li>White pine</li>
<li>White oak</li>
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<p>Columbia holds Arbor Day events each year as part of their designation as a Tree City USA, a recognition bestowed by the National Arbor Day Foundation to honor the City’s commitment to a forestry program. Columbia has met all four standards to be a Tree City USA: a tree board or department, a tree care ordinance, a comprehensive community forestry program and an Arbor Day observance.</p>
<p>For more information about the tree giveaway, call Parks and Recreation at 573.874.7460.</p></div>
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