A winding ride through Auburn will showcase some of the special trees found here. Local arborists/naturalists will explain the importance of the trees, the services they provide, and how they fit into the urban canopy. The ride will be about eight miles long and will probably take two–to–three hours, traveling...
Stanley P. Wilson Beef Teaching Unit
500 Shug Jordan Parkway, Auburn, AL, United States
Learn about weed control, forage management, cattle nutrition, and observe a beef carcass breakdown to see how on-farm decisions impact meat quality. A great opportunity to gain practical knowledge and ask questions
Community Garden
1103 Glenn Street, Opelika, AL, United States
Opelika Grows, or O Grows, promotes gardening and related programming to address the issues of food security and localized food systems while providing fresh food for the community. Opelika's local farmers market, located across the street from the Cultural Arts Center on Glenn Street near the community garden, is a...
Part of the OLLI at Auburn Brown Bag Series Trees are often viewed primarily as natural resources, yet they also hold powerful places in our cultural landscapes and collective memory. Branching Out: The Public History of Trees, a 2025 essay collection from the University of Massachusetts Press, explores trees through...
Refreshments and book sales will be available at 6 PM; the reading will begin at 6:30 PM. Jacqueline Allen Trimble is a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow (Poetry), a Cave Canem Graduate Fellow, and an Alabama State Council on the Arts Literary Fellow (2017, 2023). Her poetry...
Community members are invited to attend one of three upcoming rain barrel workshops, promoting sustainable water use and stormwater management. Attendees will receive a free rain barrel to collect and reuse rainwater at home along with tips on how to install, maintain and troubleshoot potential issues with their new reservoir....
Community Garden
1103 Glenn Street, Opelika, AL, United States
Opelika Grows, or O Grows, promotes gardening and related programming to address the issues of food security and localized food systems while providing fresh food for the community. Opelika's local farmers market, located across the street from the Cultural Arts Center on Glenn Street near the community garden, is a...
Part of the OLLI at Auburn Brown Bag Series Growing up in Georgia, artist Philip Juras could only dream of the bountiful southern nature that William Bartram documented two and a half centuries ago. Inspired by Bartram’s writing, Philip has created a body of paintings depicting both contemporary and historic...
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Chappie James Avenue, Tuskegee, AL, United States
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American pilots in U.S. military service, and the only ones in World War II. They became known as the Tuskegee Airmen because all of them received their primary, basic, and advanced pilot training near the city of Tuskegee, Macon County. The Tuskegee Airmen...