If you are a home or business owner in Oakland, and would like to have a tree (or trees) planted in front of your property, here’s what you’ll need to do:

“Disadvantaged communities” qualify for FREE trees ​

• See if you qualify for free trees using  this map.
  • Click to View Larger Map, then click the search icon and enter your address, then see where your address falls within our boundaries.

• Made possible by a grant through CAL FIRE
• If you are in our "free-tree" zone and are able and willing to pay anyway, we'll put your donation toward others who don't fall in the zone.
• Trees must not be under high-voltage electrical wires
  • If the high-voltage electrical wires are on your side of the street, you can choose to:
    1. Pay for a "small" street tree: ~$200-$500 per tree. (See street trees here)
    2. Explore getting a free tree for your front yard or back yard - but you will have to plant these trees yourself, as we will not rally volunteers to go onto your private property. You will also have to complete and sign a Memorandum of Understanding.
    3. Ask to be put on our waiting list for when donations come in and can be used for your "small" street tree.

​We would like to continue providing trees for locations that do not qualify for the grant but at the moment, we have limited bandwidth  to provide this service, so fee-for-service trees may take a while longer to fulfill. 

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Fill out our online Tree Request Form (TRF)  or download & return it back to us at: SCTreePlanting@gmail.com

• English
• Spanish
• Chinese
• Vietnamese (coming soon)

Two

After we receive your TRF, we'll contact you to schedule a Site Visit 

Three

Choose your trees from here: 

• Find a tree that fits what we discussed during our visit​

Four

We’ll order the trees from one of our nurseries & let you know when they are ready

Five

Get your tree planted!

• Volunteers will come & plant your trees
  • Sign up to volunteer with us here. We plant or prune most Saturdays and some other days from November through June.
• Or you can plant it yourself - we'll provide the materials, instructions, and we'll do a follow up inspection.

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Take care of the tree!  and tell a friend or neighbor about our program! We also plant in parks, libraries, and schools as well!
You can download promotional materials to help spread the news here.