Prattville Hosts Arbor Day Celebration and Free Tree Giveaway at Pratt Park

The City of Prattville hosted an Arbor Day celebration and free tree giveaway at Pratt Park Pavilion, with partners distributing native and ornamental stock during an 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. pickup window and offering trees "while supplies last." The event appearance is recorded in the Alabama Cooperative Extension System calendar as February 21, 2026, while the City of Prattville community page carried a Feb. 15 date, creating mixed public postings for the two-week period surrounding the event.

Organizers named across event notices included the City of Prattville, Autauga County Master Gardeners (also listed as Autauga County Master Gardens Association), the Alabama Forestry Commission(s), Mid-South RC&D Council, Alabama Power and the Forestry Stewardship Council, with city parks staff participating in distribution. The Prattville event page stated, "For 40 years, the city has been committed to providing a greener and healthier community through planting trees," language used to frame the annual giveaway and partners' involvement.

The giveaway list posted on the City of Prattville page included 15 tree species provided to the public: Red Buckeye, Riverbirch, Beautyberry, Sweetshrub, Buttonbush, Redbud, Fringetree, Kousa Dogwood, Possumhaw, Ashe Magnolia, Wax Myrtle, Elderberry, American Snowbell, Bald cypress and Arrowwood Viburnum. The city notice carried the caveats "Subject to change based on availability" and "(while supplies last)" alongside the full tree list.

Logistics published by partners placed the distribution at Pratt Park Pavilion, listed by ACES as "Prattville Park Pavillion, 256 East Main Street, Prattville, AL 36067-3126." The Alabama Cooperative Extension System entry reiterated that Forestry Stewardship Council gives free trees to the public in Prattville and included contact and accommodation instructions: "If you need a reasonable accommodation or free language access services, contact Darrue Sharpe at 13343201135 or Dzs0075@auburn.edu by 1/31/2026." ACES also carried the standard statement that "The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University) is an equal opportunity educator, employer, and provider" and an invitation to "Register Online" for the event.

Public notices varied: a social media post from event promoters promoted "SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 2026 8:00 AM PRATT PARK PAVILION" but contained typographical errors in the copied fragment, while the City of Prattville calendar entry explicitly listed "Saturday, Feb. 15 8:00 am -10:30 am Pratt Park Pavilion (while supplies last)." The original report text preserved in public materials reads that "The event brought together the Autauga County Master Gardeners, the Alabama Forestry Commission, Mid-South RC&D Council and city parks staff to distribute sapli", the sentence is truncated in the source material.

Residents seeking follow-up information during and after the giveaway were pointed to Prattville City Hall at 101 West Main Street for city business and to ACES contact Darrue Sharpe for questions about accommodations or extension programming. Organizers emphasized the limited nature of the supply and availability caveats in all published notices, and partner calendars provide the principal record of participating groups and the species made available at the Pratt Park Pavilion distribution.