April 12th, 2025 11am-2pm
Sprinker Recreation Center
FREE TREE - WALK-UP EVENT
Green Blocks is Tacoma Tree Foundation’s neighborhood-specific program that provides community education and free trees! Our goal is to empower residents by reducing barriers, providing tree care education, and assisting in tree selection, delivery, planting, and maintenance.
By sharing trees within the Parkland and Midland area, Pierce County Parks and TTF hopes to improve community resilience, human health, air and water quality, and individual quality of life. Residents living within the project area can sign up to receive free trees for their right-of-way, as well as resources on tree planting and care.
HOW CAN I GET TREES?
Request Trees here before March 7th
Staff choose the best tree for your property
Receive tree delivery and optional planting assistance
OR
Attend the Tree Share April 12th 11-2pm
Pick out your trees at Sprinker Recreation Center parking lot 521 Military Road S. Tacoma WA
Receive in-person tree species and planting guidance
Take your trees home!
Use this project boundary map to determine if you qualify for tree requests, tree delivery and planting assistance. If you’re outside of these boundaries please join us at the tree share!
What kind of trees will be offered?
Those who make a request in advance will receive free tree delivery and optional planting assistance. You can expect trees in larger containers and more mature trees.
At our walk-up event, you’ll find smaller more accessible containers from 1 to 5 gallons.
Green Blocks trees are not guaranteed and are first come first serve.
Volunteers make Green Blocks possible! Join us.
April 12th 9:00am-12:00pm - Planting Event: All ages welcome, no experience required. Join a planting team, lead by a trained tree captain and get dirty planting trees! Tacoma Tree Foundation’s planting assistance events help remove barriers to tree planting in our communities. We have a blast and couldn’t do it without our amazing volunteers!
Sprinker Recreation Center - Parking Lot - 521 Military Road S., Tacoma
9:00 - Volunteer Check-In
9:15 - Welcome - Planting Demo - Volunteer Orientation
9:45-11am - Planting
We'll follow up with more information closer to the event with more information. Please share this registration widely
Learn more about Parkland, its history, and our previous work in the neighborhood:
Funds for this project were provided by the State of Washington Department of Natural Resources Urban and Community Forestry Program.
