Plant a Tree for Tennessee 2026 - Launching March 9th!
Plant a Tree for Tennessee is a grassroots, community-powered effort with one simple goal: to make it easy and affordable for people across Tennessee to plant native trees in their own yards and neighborhoods. By putting native seedlings directly into the hands of residents, we’re strengthening local ecosystems, supporting pollinators and wildlife, and expanding green space where it’s needed most.
This year’s Plant a Tree for Tennessee tree distribution will take place April 18th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM CST, and we are currently finalizing distribution sites and recruiting volunteers to help make the day a success.
If you live near one of the distribution sites listed below and would like to receive free trees, we encourage you to sign up to volunteer. It’s a simple way to support your community while helping us meet our statewide goal of distributing 10,000 native trees. This spring, we’ll be offering a diverse mix of native fruiting and flowering tree species (listed below), carefully selected to benefit pollinators, wildlife habitat, and local waterways.
Seedlings will be available for just $2.99 each, making it affordable for families and neighborhoods to participate. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for updates, volunteer sign-up details, and store launch information. Let’s grow Tennessee together — one tree at a time. 🌳
We're still looking for volunteers, sign up below and lend a hand!
This year, we’re thrilled to share that we sold over 60 of our larger trees as part of our Plant a Bigger Tree for Tennessee program! A huge shoutout to Renia Falcone from Primex Color Compounding & Additives and Kristin England from MTSU for their incredible help distributing trees and supporting this effort. If you’re interested in getting involved in future events or adding native trees to your yard, be sure to sign up for our newsletter below to stay in the loop!
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We’re grateful to work alongside these dedicated partners who help make this effort possible: Friends of Shelby Park Bottoms Shelby Bottoms Nature Center Aldersgate United Methodist Church St. Mark’s United Methodist Church Brentwood United Methodist Church
