Free Trees For Your Yard, Delivered and Planted!

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La siguiente información está disponible en español al (503) 207-3505

The rainy season is the best time to plant trees and Portland Parks & Recreation's (PP&R)Urban Forestry divisionwill do it for you! The Urban Forestry (UF) team is giving away 4,000 trees this season for Portlanders to plant on their private property. So far, Portlanders have planted more than 3,400 of the trees, but there are still hundreds available!
Visit Portland.gov/free-yard-treesright now to register and see the types of trees available this year.

Choose from native trees, trees with edible nuts, flowering trees, and trees rich with autumn color.

When registering, people can choose up to three free trees per address. They will also decide if they would like the trees delivered to their home or if they would like Urban Forestry to plant the trees.

Along with the trees, recipients receive free mulch and an instruction booklet for how to properly plant and care for their trees. Including this, the ninth year, the PP&R Urban Forestry Yard Tree Giveaway program has distributed nearly 12,000 trees!

Guidelines for receiving a tree: 

• Register here: Portland.gov/free-yard-trees
• Trees are for planting on private property
• Trees must not be planted in containers or as street trees 
• Trees must be planted within the City of Portland in private yards, on property around apartment buildings, or in neighborhood common spaces (with property owner approval)
• Businesses, places of worship, and schools are all eligible  
• Limit three trees per address  
• UF staff will deliver the free trees
• UF staff will offer planting assistance upon request

Register onlineor call (503) 823-4963.
Para registrarse en español, llame al (503) 207-3505.

About PP&R's Urban Forestry Division

The Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestrydivision's mission is to manage and ensure Portland's urban forest infrastructure for current and future generations. Portland's urban forest is valued at around $9.6 billion and is made up of more than 1.2 million park trees, 330,000 street trees, and 2.9 million private property trees. The Urban Forestry team is responsible for the overall management, stewardship, and improvement of this essential infrastructure system. Urban Forestry staff's work includes delivery of sustainable and equitable forest services to all Portlanders; establishing and enacting best management practices, plans, policies, and technical standards for tree care and protection and urban forest expansion; proposing improvements to the City's tree regulations; providing tree maintenance services including 24/7 response to emergencies on City properties and public streets; tree planting and expansion of urban forest services; measurement and assessment of urban forest coverage, health, and services; offering community education and stewardship programs and partnerships; and oversight and support of the City's volunteer advisory tree board. Portland has been recognized as aTree City USAmember for 48 years and counting; aTree City of the World; and the Urban Forestry program isaccreditedby the Urban and Community Forestry Society.

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