Trees for Seattle hands out free trees — and the knowledge you need to nurture them.

Trees shape our environment. They lend character to neighborhoods and foster a sense of welcome. Shady parks and shopping plazas provide green gathering spaces for everyone, while tree lined streets help calm traffic creating a safer environment for drivers and pedestrians alike.

Strategically placed in the landscape, deciduous trees provide cooling shade in summer while allowing rays of the relatively weak sun to warm our interiors in winter. Evergreen trees provide year-round privacy and shelter from the wind. Practically speaking, trees soak up rainwater and filter airborne particulates, to say nothing of providing the oxygen we breathe.

Trees are a part of our region’s identify—we’re the Emerald City in the Evergreen State.

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GROW in The Seattle Times