Free trees with Arbor Day membership

Spruce up your landscape by joining the Arbor Day Foundation in August. Everyone who joins the nonprofit organization with a $10 donation will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees through the foundation’s Trees for America campaign. The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting in each member’s area, which falls between Oct. 15 and Dec. 10. The 6- to 12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replace for free. New members of the Arbor Day Foundation will also receive “The Tree Book”, which includes information about tree planting and care, and a subscription to “Arbor Day”, the foundation’s bimonthly publication. To receive the free Colorado blue spruce trees, send a $10 membership contribution to Ten Free Blue Spruces, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410 by Aug. 31, or join online at arborday.org/august.