SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30
10am – 2pm
Our urban trees in Asheville are at a critical moment. Over the past decade, we have seen a tremendous increase in development in our area — trees, and ultimately our residents, are paying the price.
The math is simple. The more trees we keep around us, the more protected we are from the uncertainties of extreme weather and a changing climate. We know that we are losing too many trees to development. That’s why we offer private landowners the opportunity to adopt trees we grow in our nursery, as part of GreenWorks’ broader effort to protect and restore our urban forest. This tree adoption event is for Buncombe County residents to receive 1 tree to be planted on private residential property.
GreenWorks relies on financial support from our community to offer trees to Buncombe County residents for adoption. You can reserve your tree with a donation of any amount starting at $10 — if cost is a barrier to your participation, please call us at (828) 254-1776. It costs us roughly $100 annually and 3-4 years to grow each tree to the point it can be planted with the best chance to grow and thrive. On average, your future tree has received 100 hours of hands-on care by volunteers every year, since the time it was potted up as a seedling to the day you take it home with you! Your donation today helps to sustain nursery operations so that we continue to have trees for Buncombe County residents to adopt for generations to come, and it bolsters our capacity to work with low-wealth communities and communities of color who are disproportionately affected by tree loss, pollution and climate change.