Community Canopy Program#
The City of Fort Collins Forestry Division hosts the Community Canopy Program through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. 1,000 trees will be provided to Fort Collins' Growth Management Area residents for $25 each. These trees will help homeowners lower energy costs, filter air and water, reduce stormwater runoff, slow climate change, and green our neighborhoods.
2024 Program Details
- Monday, August 12 at 8 a.m. - Trees available for purchase online
- Saturday, September 7 - Tree pick-up event; pick-up time will be selected during the purchase transaction
Purchase a tree and you will:
- Receive a 5-gallon tree for only $25 - the City will cover the rest of the cost for you!
- Increase canopy cover to anticipate future tree losses from invasive pests/diseases
- Lower your home's energy costs
- Filter air and water
- Reduce stormwater runoff
- Slow climate change
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Common Name Tree Type Apple 'Honeycrisp' Fruit Cherry 'Montmorency' Fruit Hot Wings Maple Ornamental Crabapple 'Radiant' (pink) Ornamental Crabapple 'Spring snow' (white) Ornamental Crabapple 'Thunderchild' (pink) Ornamental Hophornbeam 'Autumn Treasure' Ornamental Chokecherry 'Suckerpunch' Ornamental Swedish Whitebeam Ornamental Box Elder 'Sensation' Shade Sugar Maple 'Flashfire' Shade Ohio Buckeye Shade Northern Catalpa Shade Hackberry Shade Yellowwood Shade Ginkgo 'Magyar' Shade Honeylocust 'Skyline' Shade Kentucky Coffeetree 'Espresso' Shade Sweetgum 'Mountain Avenue' Shade Tulip Tree 'Emerald City' Shade London Planetree 'Exclamation' Shade Plains Cottonwood 'Sargent Straight' Shade Gambel Oak 'Gila Monster' Shade Heritage Oak Shade American Linden Shade American Elm 'Princeton' Shade Elm 'Triumph' Shade Bigtooth Maple 'Rocky Mountain Glow' Shade Gambel Oak, Single Stem Shade
How It Works#
- Beginning on August 12 at 8 a.m., a link will be posted on this website to Arbor Day Foundation's tree purchase platform. On the tree purchasing platform, an online tool will be used to determine the ideal location to plant a new tree in your yard. This tool will also estimate the annual energy savings that result from the tree over time, and will then allow you to purchase your tree.
- Residents of the Fort Collins Growth Management Area may reserve two trees per household and are expected to plant them in the location provided by the online tool and provide ongoing care.
- The 5-10 foot trees will be available at a pick-up event on Saturday, September 7 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Pick-up times will be assigned during tree purchase.
- Any trees remaining after the pickup event will be donated if not claimed by September 30, 2024.
- The Community Canopy Program reservation site will remain active until all 1,000 trees are reserved.
Partnerships and Collaboration#
Thank you to our partners for making this program possible.
- Nature in the City
- Arbor Day Foundation
- Fort Collins Wholesale Nursery