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Hall-Kent Elementary students help plant four donated black gum trees on the school's playground, on Nov. 27. 2018.
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Staff from Father Nature Landscapes and Endless Summer Landscapes help plant black gum trees — donated by Roadrunner Moving — at Hall-Kent Elementary on Nov. 27, 2018.
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Hall-Kent Elementary students help plant four donated black gum trees on the school's playground, on Nov. 27. 2018.
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Staff from Father Nature Landscapes and Endless Summer Landscapes help plant black gum trees — donated by Roadrunner Moving — at Hall-Kent Elementary on Nov. 27, 2018.
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Hall-Kent Elementary students help plant four donated black gum trees on the school's playground, on Nov. 27. 2018.
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Mayor Scott McBrayer reads a proclamation about tree planting, preservation and care, as well as the importance of trees to a community, at the Hall-Kent playground on Nov. 27, 2018.
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Students from several Hall-Kent classes listen to Mayor Scott McBrayer read a proclamation in support of tree planting and maintenance on Nov. 27, 2018.
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The tree plantings at Hall-Kent and Edgewood Elementary schools were joint projects between the city of Homewood's Environmental Commission, the Alabama Urban Forestry Association and local companies such as Roadrunner Moving, Father Nature Landscapes and Eternal Summer Landscapes.
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Hall-Kent Elementary students hold a Tree City USA plaque and flag before a tree planting on Nov. 27, 2018.
Hall-Kent Elementary students joined Mayor Scott McBrayer, the Homewood Environmental Commission and local donors to plant new donated trees on the school's playground on Nov. 27.
Edgewood Elementary will hold a similar planting on Wednesday, Nov. 28.
Both events were organized with the help of the Alabama Urban Forestry Association’s Alabama Re-Leaf Program, and the saplings were donated by Road Runner Moving. Father Nature Landscapes and Eternal Summer Landscapes helped plant the trees, with four at Hall-Kent and eight at Edgewood.
After McBrayer read a proclamation recognizing the importance of tree planting and maintenance for the city, Hall-Kent students got to get their hands dirty and help put the trees in the ground.
Tree planting is one of the requirements to maintain Tree City USA status, which Homewood achieved for the first time in March. The Homewood Environmental Commission has a number of ongoing projects to add more trees to the city and maintain the health of foliage around Homewood.
Shades Cahaba Elementary will receive trees to plant in the spring, according to a press release from Homewood City Schools.
