Friends of Mobile Trees preserves, promotes and celebrates our world class trees.
NOW is the time to PLANT for the future, so Mobile will continue to FLOURISH
The City and County of Mobile, Alabama are blessed with some of the world’s most beautiful trees. They clean the air we breathe, shade us from harmful sun rays, cool us in hot weather and enhance our lives in many other ways. They also attract tourists to grow our economy.
Friends of Mobile Trees is dedicated to preserving and restoring our urban forest, inviting community participation and partnerships. As a 501c3 Corporation, all contributions and donations to our efforts are tax deductible.
We Need Your Help
to restore and protect
Mobile's Urban Forest
As an IRS-approved 501c3 Corporation, Friends of Mobile Trees depends on the support of businesses and individuals like you, in addition to public and private grants, to fulfill its mission. An initial $10,000 matching fund is in place to encourage your support and help us meet our goals.
Your Donation Allows Us To:
Nurture our existing trees
Collaborate with Mobile's arborists to plant new trees
Replace trees we are losing with species appropriate to their locations.
Featured
TREE of the MONTH
MARCH 2024
THE CRICHTON LEPRECHAUN TREE
On St.Patrick’s Day, in keeping with the spirit of the Irish, we open our minds to wondrous and fanciful ideas like rainbows that end at a pot of gold ... or leprechauns that appear magically in trees.
In 2006, the mysterious apparition of a leprechaun's face made this tree on LeCren St. internationally famous.
Here’s the original story of the "Crichton Leprechaun Tree" and a follow-up 2015. Some neighbors believed the tree had been taken down but Shun Thomas, who claims to have made the first sighting, describes the event and shows the tree to AL.com reporter Emily Hill.
Original 2006 Report: https://youtu.be/K1ljOcl39PQ?si=ukD92Qp_la3yhFpQ
2015 Report: Crichton leprechaun revisited: Meet the man who discovered the legend - al.com
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Use our digital Mobile Tree Trail
to discover some of Mobile's most impressive trees
and check back often for newly curated selections
zoom in and click on any tree icon to learn more.
or select by location or variety
Crichton Leprechaun Tree
Boyington Oak, Bayou St.
Duffee Oak, Caroline St.
Red Maples, S. Claiborne St.
Bienville Square
British Park
Washington Square
choose varieties by color
Oak
Magnolia
Cypress
Sweet Gum
Pine
Oak Canopy, Michigan St.
Oak Canopy, Broad St.
Centenarian Oaks, Dauphin St.
Magnolia Cemetery
Sweet gum, Selma St.
Slash Pines, Dauphin St.
Cypress Grove, Spring Hill Ave.
Avenue of the Oaks, Old Shell Rd.
