2008 Denver Digs Trees
Street Tree Distribution Announced!!!

The Denver Digs Trees program has distributed low-cost street trees to Denver residents for more than 17 years. Through the program, more than 30,000 public street trees have been planted across Denver.

“Our Denver Digs Trees program has evolved beyond a street tree program. It has become an important contributor to our city’s livability, and to strengthening neighborhoods,” said Patrick Hayes, Executive Director of The Park People.

For 2008, street tree varieties include: Ohio Buckeye, Turkish Filbert, White Oak, Japanese Pagoda Tree, Ginkgo Biloba, Spring Snow Crabapple, Toba Hawthorn, American Sentry Linden, Hackberry, and Crimson King Norway Maple, among others. All trees are selected for their adaptability to Denver’s dry climate. Trees are 1-inch in caliber, and come either bareroot or balled-and-burlapped, depending on the variety.

Reserved street trees will be distributed at six sites across Denver on April 19, 2008. There is a $20 program fee for each tree. “Treeship” fee waivers are available for those unable to pay the program fee. Additionally, thanks to special funding, residents who live in any of twenty-one specially targeted neighborhoods automatically receive fee waivers. The neighborhoods qualifying for free street trees for 2008 are: Baker, Barnum, Barnum West, Chaffee Park, Cole, Clayton, Elyria/Swansea, Five Points, Globeville, Jefferson Park, Lincoln Park, NE Park Hill, Ruby Hill, Skyland, Sunnyside, Sun Valley, Valverde, Villa Park, West Colfax, Westwood and Whittier

The Park People’s Denver Digs Trees program is volunteer-driven, and involves hundreds of community members who contribute thousands of hours from the fall through the spring. Volunteers help with everything from neighborhood outreach and site inspections to tree unloading and planting for others.

“We hope residents who have space will plant a tree, and residents who have time will volunteer,” Hayes said. “Community volunteers inspire everything we do.”

For more information, call The Park People at 303-722-6262, or email them at info@theparkpeople.org. You can also visit their website at http://www.theparkpeople.org . Application forms will be available for downloading from The Park People’s website by December 1st.

The Denver Digs Trees program is a collaboration of The Park People, a private non-profit organization, and Denver Parks & Recreation’s Forestry Department. Program supporters include Denver Housing & Neighborhood Development Services, Xcel Energy Foundation, Esurance, The Home Depot Foundation, Alliance for Community Trees, Colorado Tree Coalition and Plant-It 2020.

The Park People is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to preserving,enhancing and advocating for Denver’s parks, recreation resources, open space and urban forest.