PLAY Boulder & City of Boulder Forestry’s Fall ‘23 Tree Sale is Here!
Pre-Order a Tree to Grow This Fall!
Help Increase Boulder’s Urban Tree Canopy & Fight Climate Change in Your Backyard!
All trees are locally grown and are in 5 gallon containers, currently 5-10 feet tall.
All trees will need to be picked up at the end of September. (trees prefer to be planted in the fall or spring)
See below for more details!
5 gallon Autumn Red Chinkapin Oak
(Photo Credit: City of Boulder Forestry)
Trees touch everything.
We need trees to thrive, and they need us too. A healthy urban tree canopy is critical to ensuring that our community is safe, livable and resilient to climate change - especially as our summers become more intense each year.
Join City of Boulder Forestry, the PLAY Boulder Foundation and Cool Boulder in the commitment to expanding our urban tree canopy and maintaining a healthy, extensive and diverse tree canopy to keep Boulder cool for current and future generations.
Some of the major benefits of a healthy urban tree canopy are:
Shielding us from intense heat by shading our sidewalks, bike lanes and neighborhoods;
Reducing temperatures by performing evapotranspiration - reducing our need for air conditioning (and the energy and money spent on it);
Improving air quality by absorbing pollutants in their leaves;
Regulating water flow, reducing stormwater runoff, erosion and pollution in our waterways, and mitigating the risk of flooding;
Fighting climate change by capturing and storing carbon;
Supporting urban biodiversity by providing forage, shelter and habitat;
Improving our physical and mental health, and more!
The City of Boulder Forestry department manages approximately 51,000 public trees in city parks and street rights-of-way. These efforts to maximize the visual, social, economic, health and environmental services this natural resource has to offer for our residents and visitors, have earned the City of Boulder the Tree City USA designation by the National Arbor Day Foundation since 1984!
However, We Need Your help!
The extreme heat being experienced around the world are highlighting the impacts of rapidly advancing climate change - as well as the importance of nature-based climate solutions. One such nature-based solution, our urban tree canopy, has kept Boulder relatively cool so far, but most of those trees are on public lands. Thousands of additional trees need to be planted and cared for on private property - led by community members, to increase our tree canopy’s ability to fight local climate change and extreme heat.
Fall Tree Sale Event Details:
PLAY Boulder Tree Trust & City of Boulder Forestry: Fall 2023 Tree Sale
What: City of Boulder Forestry, the PLAY Boulder Foundation and Cool Boulder are committed to increasing the urban canopy in Boulder and doing our part to cool the city. You can help add to the urban canopy by planting a tree on your Boulder property! Help fight climate change in your backyard!
Buy your tree(s) now!!
Pickup Dates: (subject to change - see tree sale website for updates)
Friday, September 29th; 10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 30th; 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pickup Location: City of Boulder Forestry / Free Mulch Pile; 5200 Pearl Parkway, Boulder, CO 80301
Access is off of Pearl Parkway. Look for a sign posted at 5400 Pearl Parkway, near Sunbelt rentals return.
Fort Collins Fall 2022 Tree Sale featuring 5 gallon trees.
Tree Sale Details:
All trees are locally grown and are in 5 gallon containers, currently 5-10 feet tall.
Tree species have been chosen for their appropriateness and adaptability to the Front Range - that means none of the species have high water requirements!
All trees will need to be be picked up at the end of September. (trees prefer to be planted in the fall or spring)
Unclaimed trees will be donated if not claimed on the pickup date after purchase.
