This program educates students on the everyday importance of native. Forest ReLeaf is dedicated to planting and growing a resilient tree canopy across Missouri, to support healthy people, healthy habitats, and a healthy planet. Hands-on training for tree planting and maintenance Arbor Day Every Day provides free trees for schools to plant and maintain on school grounds.Educational workshops on the importance of tree planting in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.This ambitious program, Trees for Sacred Places, offers houses of worship the following: The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is partnering with the Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake to encourage houses of worship to plant trees on their property. This program educates students on the everyday importance of native trees, empowers them to enhance their community and provides funds for planting projects. Arbor Day Every Day provides free trees for schools to plant and maintain on school grounds.
The County's Department of the Environment is working to increase the number of native trees and shrubs planted in the county. Examples of projects that have received include tree plantings in parks and on playgrounds, memorial and street tree plantings, and reforestation projects along streams. Small community-based projects are eligible to receive up to $5,000 per project. Prince George's County wants to help your community "turn green" with trees! Through the Tree ReLEAFGrant Program, the County provides funds to community groups for planting native trees and shrubs in public or private common areas. The discount is taken at the register at the time of the sale. The State of Maryland offers a coupon that is worth $25 off the purchase of one tree with a retail value of $50 or more at participating Maryland retail nurseries and garden centers. This is a "turn key" program for residents to pick out a tree from our list of acceptable species, decide where it should be planted, and even have it planted for them by our contractor. However, this program was discontinued in June of 2020 and a new program called Plant One Tree On Us started. The City previously offered rebates for residents who purchased native trees to plant on their property. If every household plants one tree, we would surpass our goal! We are currently at about a 42% cover, and the greatest opportunity to plant more trees in the City exists on private property. Help the City of Bowie reach its tree canopy goal of 45%. Trees are a valuable resource that provide many benefits to our community and to the earth, and we need more of them.
Clean Air, as trees sequester (get rid of!) carbon in the atmosphere.Why plant trees? A large, healthy tree canopy means.