Budget Allocation for Trees

Mayor Nutter has committed $1 million in the FY 2009 budget to help meet his goal of planting 25,000 trees over the next five years. This money is allocated through the Fairmount Park budget, but additional funds from other sources are also being sought.

 Tree Information

The Fairmount Park Commission is responsible for all street trees, those that are not onprivate property. You can get more information from them on how to request a tree and how to care for existing ones through their website http://www.fairmountpark.org/StreetTree.asp

There are also two great non-profit programs that do tree planings and maintenace: Treevitalize (www.treevitalize.net) and Tree Tenders 
(www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org).