As many of you may know, a large part of the work that our Living City team does — beyond our green infrastructure and greenspace protection campaigns — relates to trees. More specifically, we collaborate on, organize, and attend community events so that we can give away native tree seedlings to as many Ottawa area residents as possible! The appetite for planting trees and re-greening our capital has proven to be a large one: Our goal for this spring and summer was to distribute 12,000 trees, and it excites us to announce that we have surpassed the 10,000 tree mark!
Since the beginning of April, our dedicated tree giveaway volunteers have allowed us to attend over 100 events across the city and surrounding areas to bring trees to YOU. We can’t do this great work without the support and energy of our volunteers, who are central to the success of the tree giveaway program — thank you.
And of course, our tree giveaways for 2019 are not over! We still have events scheduled into September, and opportunities to collaborate if you are looking to host a tree giveaway.
We are floored by the success of the giveaways and the desire by community members to invest in the future of our city, country, and planet by planting trees on their properties. The Living City team cannot wait to hand out the 12,000th tree this fall, knowing that the program is going to continue and expand in 2020 with 15,000 trees hoping to find their forever homes in your yards and properties next year!
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