06/02/2026
2026 Tinglewood Festival will be Sat September 12. https://www.tinglewoodfestival.com/
In Montevallo, Alabama you can walk through the “Forest of Faces” at Orr Park where you’ll see dead cedar trees turned into one-of-a-kind works of art. This wooded section along Shoal Creek is known as Tinglewood, and it began after the 1993 ice storm damaged trees in the park. Instead of letting those trunks be removed, local artist Tim Tingle, a coal miner by trade, started carving them into faces, animals, and storybook-style figures. Today, more than 50 carvings can be found along the walking path, including gnomes, a dragon, and a fish eating a snake. The city says the art is made from storm-damaged cedar trees, and the Tinglewood Festival grew out of this same creative corner of Orr Park. Beyond the carvings, the park has two playgrounds, ballfields, a football field, a walking trail, picnic space, a pavilion, and a gazebo. Orr Park sits along Shoal Creek on Park Drive, just a short walk from Montevallo’s Main Street, and it’s an easy daylight stop for families, photographers, and anyone who loves unusual roadside art.
