TEC’s 11th annual statewide Tennessee Tree Day native tree planting event was made possible with support from 160+ pick-up site leaders (volunteers and partner organizations), 9 regional hubs (where pick-up leaders pick up their bundles), and more than 7,000 participants and their friends and family who all gathered to pick up and plant their trees. This year’s tree totals include 75,000 reserved by participants to plant at their homes, and 101,000 total number of seedlings planted across the state (40,000 supported by Trees for Wildlife). Species planted: American beautyberry, black cherry, eastern red cedar, eastern redbud, American elderberry, flowering dogwood, mockernut hickory, pecan, persimmon, tulip poplar, red mulberry, shagbark hickory, white oak, wild plum. Learn more about NWF’s Trees for Wildlife program impact!
Photo Credit: Jeffrey Barrie