More than 500 Bowling Green residents picked up a paintbrush this summer — and on Monday night, they’ll see their work unveiled as one giant tree. The 8-by-12-foot America 250 Liberty Tree mosaic mural, made from more than 600 individually painted tiles, will be unveiled Monday, Nov. 16, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bowling Green City Building, 305 N. Main St.

The Bowling Green Community Foundation and the City of Bowling Green partnered on the project, with members of the Bowling Green Arts Council assembling the tiles into the Liberty Tree design and city employees building the frame and installing the mural on the south wall just inside the City Building. The artwork commemorates America’s 250th anniversary and the city’s 46th anniversary as a Tree City USA, and was made possible through the Community Foundation and a matching grant from the Greater Toledo Community Foundation.

Anyone who painted a tile can find exactly where it landed: a QR code next to the mural links to the Community Foundation’s website, where contributors can search their name and pinpoint their tile. The unveiling is free and open to the public. City of Bowling Green

Photo: “Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural” by Diggers2004, CC BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons — illustrative mosaic-mural photo, not the Bowling Green mural itself.