Life in the Arbor centers on Rollie Rabbit and his fellow animals that live in the back yard of a house in Sun City West, Arizona. Rollie is a smart, ingenious rabbit who tries to make his and his familiys life better. Their home is a stand of tall arborvitae trees that line the back boundary of the yard. Rollie decides that there must be a better place somewhere out in the Great Out There, and he and his friendsFred Lizard, Millie Monarch, and Buzz Hummingbirdembark on a journey to find such a place. They encounter a number of friends and foes along the wayOlliver Owl, Cecil Snake, Fara Cat, Black Jack, and Kitty Rabbit, to name just a few. Their journey takes them out and then back to their home in the Arbor, culminating in a fight for the hand of Kitty Rabbit, and the realization that there really is no better place than their home in the Arbor.