Be a TreeKeeper

PRE-ORDERS FOR 2013 TREES ARE COMPLETE AND ALL STOCKS ARE SOLD OUT. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING. IF YOU DIDN'T GET A TREE, OR YOU GOT A GOT A TREE BUT STILL HAVE SPACE TO ADD TO YOUR OWN PIECE OF THE URBAN FOREST, PLEASE CHECK BACK WITH US NEXT YEAR AND REMEMBER TO ORDER EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

 

If you live in one of the six pilot neighbourhoods, you're invited to join the first year of the TreeKeepers program. Our target neighbourhoods are: Renfrew Collingwood, Marpole, Mount Pleasant, Grandview Woodland, Downtown Eastside/Eastern Core and the West End

Residents and businesses with private property in these neighbourhoods are eligible to buy a tree and become a part of the program. You MUST pre-register, pre-pay online, and pick up your tree at the appropriate date and place. We have a limited number of discounted trees to offer so we apologize in advance if your area sells out.

Trees cost $10 for most species or $20 for fruit trees. They come in various sizes from those in easy to carry small pots to larger fruit trees in larger pots that may be a handful for some. In some neighbourhoods a workshop on "How to Plant a Tree" will be given before the distribution. 

(All trees will be monitored in the future for health and recorded in a database by our volunteer Citizen Foresters. If you'd like to become a Citizen Forester, there will be three two-hour training sessions on knowing and caring for urban trees. The courses begin Thursday, April 18, from 7-9pm at VanDusen Botanical Garden. The next two will be Wednesday, May 15, from 7pm-pm at the Creekside Community Centre, and Wednesday, June 19, at the Roundhouse Community Centre. The training is free but only those attending all three courses will earn the designation of Citizen Forester.) 

 

TREE DISTRIBUTION:

MARPOLE: Tree will be delivered SATURDAY, APRIL 27. Trees to be delivered to individual addresses. Pre-pay online required.

RENFREW COLLINGWOOD: Tree pick-up SATURDAY, APRIL 27, from 9am-11am at Slocan Park fieldhouse: 2750 E 29th Ave at Slocan St. An optional pre-distribution talk on "How to Plant a Tree" will be offered at the same location from 9:30am.

DOWNTOWN EASTERN CORE: Tree pick-up SATURDAY, MAY 4, from 11am-1pm at the Strathcona Community Centre: 601 Keefer Street. A pre-distribution talk on "How to Plant a Tree" will be offered from 10am-11am at the same location.

WEST END: Tree pick-up SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2pm-4pm at the West End Community Centre: 870 Denman St. (no workshop).

GRANDVIEW WOODLAND: Tree pick-up SATURDAY MAY 11, 1:30pm-3:30pm at Britannia Community Centre: 1661 Napier Street, outside Gym D. A mandatory workshop on "How to Plant a Tree" will be held at the same location from 12:30pm-1:30pm. 

MT. PLEASANT: Tree pick-up THURSDAY, MAY 16, 6pm-8pm at the Mt. Pleasant Community Centre: 1 Kingsway Ave. An optional pre-distrubution talk on "How to Plant a Tree" will be offered from 5pm-6pm at the same location.