PA Environment Digest Blog: PA Interfaith Power & Light, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Offering Free Native Trees & Shrubs To Plant This Spring Anywhere In PA

PA Interfaith Power and Light and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation are partnering to offer free native trees and shrubs to plant this spring in Pennsylvania. The deadline for ordering is January 20.

Planting native trees and shrubs is an act of hope, faith, and healing will contribute to sequestration of the excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere that is changing our global weather.

It can help clean the befouled air that we humans have created that is making the most vulnerable amongst us sick.

Planting native trees can clean up our waterways, beautify our world, and return native plants, that are becoming more scarce, to the food chain that supports native insects, birds and all creatures.

Native trees can be planted in your own yard, in nearby park or Rails to Trails, at your congregation, your school, your local library.

Notes On Request Process

-- You should order your trees as soon as possible to allow for efficient ordering. All requests must be in by January 20th. Trees along with tubes and stakes if you request them, will be available at your selected pick-up location in April (dates to be confirmed). You will be notified when they have arrived.

-- You are welcome to order as many or as few as you wish. You will need to place a separate order for each planting location. You are responsible to ensure you have permission to plant at your location of choice.

-- All trees are distributed on a first-come-first-serve basis and we cannot guarantee specific species

-- If you need help in being sure the plants you order will fit your planting site, please visit Morton Arboretum website. If you click all the links on the home page for each native tree or shrub, you'll find useful information on where the plant will best thrive, what light conditions it needs, how big it gets and whether you need more than one plant to create seeds.

-- You will receive a copy of your request to your selected email address. If you have any issues ordering or have questions, you can reach out to Ruth Douglas Miller creationcare@paipl.org.

-- When you pick up your plants, you will be asked to scan a QR code that takes you to a reporting page. The report will ask you to confirm where they will be planted. This is a requirement from CBF to ensure the ongoing impact of the program.

-- We need lots of volunteers to make this happen! If you are interested in volunteering, please note that in the form. If you aren’t making an order, but are interested in volunteering please reach out to Ruth Douglas Miller creationcare@paipl.org.

Click Here to request your native trees and shrubs.

Visit the PA Interfaith Power and Light and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation websites to learn more about these organizations.

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