Help Us Plant 1 Million Native Trees By 2025
Trees Planted Since 2007
Program Introduction
Since 2007, the Tennessee Tree Program has helped reforest TN by facilitating the planting of 679,100 native trees in Tennessee. Each year we host a community tree planting event and each year our Tennessee Tree Day grows! Our 2021 annual Tree Day will take place on March 20, 2021.
Our Tree Program total now stands at 679,100 native trees planted in Tennessee, providing the following ecological benefits:
Why is planting trees so important to us as an organization?
Tennessee Tree Program would also like to help answer questions you may have about when & how to plant and/or care for tree seedlings. If you have just received or planted a tree, please reference our guide below or feel free to email us at tec@tectn.org with your questions!
Program Goal
Our goal is to plant and care for 1 million native trees in Tennessee by 2025. We have worked with the public and state agencies across Tennessee to distribute and plant trees in all 95 counties of Tennessee. As a result, the Tennessee Environmental Council has planted 679,100 trees since 2007. In 2015, the Council was awarded the Friend of Forestry Award, by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry, for its large tree planting efforts.
How to Plant Your Tree
The best time of year to plant is FALL and EARLY SPRING. If you are planting in the late spring (after Earth Day) or summer, we recommend planting in a pot where you can tend it, and plant in the ground the following fall. Visit the Tree Help Guide for step-by-step planting instructions. Also, visit our Useful Tree Resources page for more tips on how to plant your tree and which varieties may be best for you!
Interested in organizing a tree planting event? Click here for a guide for suggestions on how to have a successful event that’s fun, builds community and shares the love of nature.
Become a Tennessee Tree Project Sponsor and receive TREEEEmendous benefits for your company or organization.
Since 2007, the Tennessee Tree Program has helped reforest TN by facilitating the planting of 679,100 native trees in Tennessee. Each year we host a community tree planting event and each year our Tennessee Tree Day grows! Our 2021 annual Tree Day will take place on March 20, 2021.
Our Tree Program total now stands at 679,100 native trees planted in Tennessee, providing the following ecological benefits:
- 2,300 acres of new tree canopy providing wildlife and pollinator habitat,
- 11 million tons of carbon dioxide captured,
- 26 billion gallons of rainwater filtered, and
- enough oxygen produced for more than 2 million Tennessee residents every year.
Why is planting trees so important to us as an organization?
- The U.S. Forest Service found that more than two million acres of Tennessee’s native forests have been cut and more than 500 thousand acres of forest were converted to other uses.
- Studies indicate communities with more trees have less crime.1
- Planting 30 trees each year offsets greenhouse gases from your car and home.2
- In 50 years one tree provides $130,750 in total benefits including oxygen, air pollution control and stormwater drainage. 3
Tennessee Tree Program would also like to help answer questions you may have about when & how to plant and/or care for tree seedlings. If you have just received or planted a tree, please reference our guide below or feel free to email us at tec@tectn.org with your questions!
Program Goal
Our goal is to plant and care for 1 million native trees in Tennessee by 2025. We have worked with the public and state agencies across Tennessee to distribute and plant trees in all 95 counties of Tennessee. As a result, the Tennessee Environmental Council has planted 679,100 trees since 2007. In 2015, the Council was awarded the Friend of Forestry Award, by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry, for its large tree planting efforts.
How to Plant Your Tree
The best time of year to plant is FALL and EARLY SPRING. If you are planting in the late spring (after Earth Day) or summer, we recommend planting in a pot where you can tend it, and plant in the ground the following fall. Visit the Tree Help Guide for step-by-step planting instructions. Also, visit our Useful Tree Resources page for more tips on how to plant your tree and which varieties may be best for you!
Interested in organizing a tree planting event? Click here for a guide for suggestions on how to have a successful event that’s fun, builds community and shares the love of nature.
Become a Tennessee Tree Project Sponsor and receive TREEEEmendous benefits for your company or organization.
- Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition FY2007 Funding Recommendations, April 2006.
- Trees Atlanta, Facts, www.treesatlanta.org
- Southeast Watershed Forum, The Value of Community Forests