Free trees available for four West Seattle neighborhoods

(photo added 5:40 pm – looking east on Alaska, across the street from Ercolini Park west of The Junction)
West Seattleite Lina Rose from EarthCorps is getting the word out about the Community ReLeaf Pilot Project – which is trying to help restore Seattle’s “tree canopy,” particularly in city areas that are relatively tree-deficient:

EarthCorps is partnering with the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment to manage a pilot program designed to distribute free trees to individual residents to plant in their private property and parking strips in front of their houses in neighborhoods with low tree canopy coverage. There are a few different trees that residents can choose from and an option of selecting cherry trees too.

In West Seattle, free trees are available for residents in Genesee, The Junction, Westwood and Roxhill – applications are being taken now, and you can get all the details by going here.

5 Replies to "Free trees available for four West Seattle neighborhoods"

  • lina September 17, 2009 (2:32 pm)

    hi!

    What an amazing response I have just received from this being posted! Man, West Seattle loves trees! A few things I wanted to add:
    *The application is download-able by following the “by going here” link. Scroll down to Important Dates and click on “Applications’ due”.

    *Supply is limited so I will have to prioritize requests that are within the neighborhood boundaries. Trees will be first come first serve so get your applications in soon! Feel free to email me with any questions (lina@earthcorps.org)

    Thanks! I can’t wait to walk my dog in our soon to be ‘shadier’ neighborhood!

  • Steph September 17, 2009 (4:09 pm)

    Yay! I have been wondering if I could get one!

  • lina September 17, 2009 (4:48 pm)

    hey Steph!
    check out the link, you can download the application. let me know if you have any questions!

  • lina September 17, 2009 (6:48 pm)

    Love the addition of the photo- that is a great example of a parking strip that could use some trees!

  • Caffeine_Queen September 19, 2009 (7:52 am)

    You can also apply for a tree grant each year via the City of Seattle neighborhood matching fund http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nmf/ I applied for the Pigeon Point neighborhood and we’ll receive 40 trees next month. The process was very simple to write the grant.

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