Free Native Trees Available

From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org):

You are invited to join Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light (PA IPL), the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), and the community of hundreds of past and future planters and volunteers in ordering FREE native trees and shrubs for Spring 2023.

These trees can be planted

• in your own yard
• in nearby park or Rails to Trails
• at your congregation, your school, your local library

This act of hope, faith, and healing will contribute to sequestration of the excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere that is changing our global weather. It can help clean the befouled air that we humans have created that is making the most vulnerable amongst us sick. Planting native trees can clean up our waterways, beautify our world, and return native plants, that are becoming more scarce, to the food chain that supports native insects, birds and all creatures.

Maybe you can’t plant a tree, but you can still be involved! It takes a large cadre of volunteer workers to make this state wide distribution of thousands of plants happen by creating species tags for each and every tree, for helping sort those trees according to planter at several locations, by driving these orders, or tubes and stakes, to over 25 different locations where there will be a host to call those of our hundreds of planters who live nearby and have chosen to pick up their plants at these multiple hosting sites. If you would like to join the volunteer crew please let me know in what way you would like to help.

A few notes about the ordering process:

• You should order your trees as soon as possible to allow for efficient ordering. Trees (along with tubes and stakes if you request them) will be available at your selected pick-up location towards the end of March. You will be notified when they have arrived.
• Trees are distributed through a priority county system, which means you may or may not receive the specific plants you order. You will hear from me if your order needs to be adjusted.
• You are welcome to order as many or as few as you wish, placing a separate order for each planting location.The order form above lists each of the species. You are responsible to ensure you have permission to plant at your location of choice.

If you need help in being sure the plants you order will fit your planting site, please visit a native plant information website, Morton Arboretum, which has great pictures of the plants. If you click all the links on the home page for each native tree or shrub, you’ll find useful information on where the plant will best thrive, what light conditions it needs, how big it gets and whether you need more than one plant to create seeds. I’d also be glad to advise from my experience.

You will receive a copy of your order to your selected email address. If you have any issues ordering or have questions, you can reach me by email, or text/call 215-242-0854.

Order your native trees here!