Tree Trust’s Green Futures™ program enhances urban landscapes by planting thousands of trees each year, creating vibrant and sustainable forests. We achieve this by:
- Partnering with communities throughout the Twin Cities to provide trees for planting on private properties.
- Engaging volunteers to plant trees in public parks and along boulevards.
- Offering our Learning with Trees™ program to local elementary and middle schools, where students plant trees at their schools, fostering a lasting connection to nature.
Your gift today will help us add 9,500 trees to our urban canopy this year!
Help grow a greener tomorrow with Tree Trust’s Green Futures program!
We provide free trees for planting on public land and offer reduced-cost trees for private property across the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota. Join us as a Community Tree Partner or Residential ReLeaf Partner and be part of creating a vibrant, resilient urban forest—one tree at a time.
Let’s grow something incredible—together.
Trees for Public Spaces
As a Community Tree Partner, you can bring the beauty and benefits of trees to public spaces like parks, schools, trails, and other areas in need—at no cost to you. Thanks to generous support from individuals, corporations, and foundations, Tree Trust covers the full cost of the program.
You simply identify a public site that can host 30 or more trees, and we’ll take care of the rest. During the spring or fall planting season, Tree Trust organizes a turnkey event, engaging enthusiastic community volunteers to plant 6-to-8-foot-tall, well-established trees under the guidance of our experienced staff and trained volunteers.
Together, we’ll transform landscapes, inspire communities, and plant the roots of a greener future.
Trees for Private Property
As a Residential ReLeaf Partner, you can increase the tree canopy in your community by organizing a local tree sale—bringing beautiful, climate-resilient trees to private properties at very low cost to homeowners and no cost to the municipality.
Tree Trust covers most of the cost thanks to the generous support of individuals, corporations, and foundations. Homeowners pay a small co-pay for each tree—an investment that grows in value year after year.
Organizing a tree sale for your community is easy! Tree Trust will provide the necessary technical support to create a tree sale website, collaborate with your city’s communications department to increase engagement in the program, and orchestrate the tree distribution day. Participating property owners will receive valuable information on how to plant and care for their tree.
Grow a greener neighborhood—one yard at a time.
“Tree Trust is an incredible organization to work with on tree planting initiatives. In my community, Tree Trust helped to properly plant 46 new trees along our signature street in one day! My community was fortunate to benefit from such a well-orchestrated tree planting event. Urban Foresters dream of opportunities like the Green Futures Program. I am glad I realized that the opportunity was real and all I had to do is say “yes”. Thank you to all the staff and volunteers at Tree Trust. I look forward to working with you again in the near future”
– Chris Larson, City Forester Oakdale Public Works
