City Shade                                                                                                    

City Shade is a large scale, high-impact and highly organized planting program for public parks and other public lands. This program gives citizens opportunities to participate in public tree plantings to improve their communities. All City Shade plantings are developed in partnership with interested governments, businesses and organizations.  Go to the full CityShade page for more information about the program or go to our Calendar page for a schedule of volunteer planting opportunities.  To keep up with the latest CityShade, tree and TreeFolks news, register to receive our e-newsletter and/or to receive notice of volunteer opportunities.


CommuniTrees

CommuniTrees is a dynamic and effective grant program that offers trees to eligible individuals or groups planning tree planting projects on publicly accessible land. Since 1992, CommuniTrees has provided trees to dozens of schools and institutions as well as educational programs and materials for participants and expertise for the long term care of the trees.

· TreeFolks provides trees, design assistance, tools, training, educational materials and planting supervision.

· Recipients provide volunteers and tree maintenance for at least two years
after planting.

CommuniTrees Program page has more information and a downloadable application form.  To keep up with the latest CommuniTrees, tree and TreeFolks news, register to receive our e-newsletter and/or to receive notice of volunteer opportunities.

Education

TreeFolks provides speakers, fun, organized workshops and expertly crafted and beautifully illustrated publications that greatly expand our service beyond simply planting trees.  Last year TreeFolks staff spoke to over seven thousand individuals about a variety of urban forestry topics.  Go to our Education Program page for more information about what we do and how you can help.  To keep up with the latest Education, tree and TreeFolks news, register to receive our e-newsletter and/or to receive notice of volunteer opportunities.



Sapling Days

Every October TreeFolks hosts Sapling Days. We distribute seedlings every week in October. In October 2002, we were able to distribute over 2500 seedlings!  Last year, the program had grown so popular, we distributed 500 seedlings in 20 minutes at one of our downtown Austin locations! Many thanks to Randalls and Austin Energy for their support of the 2006 Sapling Days Program. Go to the Sapling Days Program page for a full description of the program.  To keep up with the latest Sapling Days, tree and TreeFolks news, register to receive our e-newsletter and/or to receive notice of volunteer opportunities.

Urban Orchard

The Urban Orchard Project places fruit and nut trees in public spaces. Program participants take part in a training program that teaches them the basics of organic fruit and nut tree care, pruning and harvesting techniques.  They also learn the making of value added products and some simple marketing strategies. For more details and a downloadable program application go to the Urban Orchard Project page.  To keep up with the latest Urban Orchard, tree and TreeFolks news, register to receive our e-newsletter and/or to receive notice of volunteer opportunities.