# Forest ReLeaf of Missouri

> St. Louis nonprofit nursery growing and planting trees for communities across Missouri

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## Facts

- Type: Nonprofit
- Scope: Regional
- Headquarters: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Founded: 1993
- Website: https://moreleaf.org
- Volunteer sign-up: https://moreleaf.org/volunteer/
- Donate: https://moreleaf.org/get-involved/give/
- Events calendar: https://moreleaf.org/events/
- Countries where they plant: United States
- Activity types: Nurseries & seedlings (primary), Urban forestry, Tree adoption & giveaways, Seed collection, Tree care & maintenance, Education & advocacy
- Trees on record: 16,918 (larger of latest cumulative figure and sum of annual figures; trees planted or distributed)

## About

Forest ReLeaf of Missouri is a St. Louis nonprofit founded in 1993 whose mission is to enrich communities by growing and planting trees. It operates a community-assisted tree nursery in Creve Coeur Park and provides trees to public and nonprofit land statewide through Project CommuniTree and Priority ReLeaf, while its ReLeaf St. Louis, Treesilience, and City Tree Farm programs plant and steward street and park trees in low-canopy neighborhoods. The organization also collects seed for the state nursery and runs volunteer and education programs.

## Programs

- **CommuniTree nursery** — Nurseries & seedlings: Community-assisted nonprofit tree nursery in Creve Coeur Park growing trees for distribution statewide.
- **Project CommuniTree** — Tree adoption & giveaways: Provides free nursery-grown trees to public and nonprofit land across Missouri.
- **ReLeaf St. Louis** — Urban forestry: Plants larger-caliper trees in St. Louis city parks and greenways with a minimum of three years of watering, pruning, and monitoring.
- **Treesilience** — Tree care & maintenance: Education, targeted tree care and removal, and replanting in low-canopy St. Louis neighborhoods, funded by the USDA Forest Service.
- **State Nursery Seed Collection** — Seed collection: Collects native tree seed for the Missouri state nursery.

## Metrics

| Metric | Year | Value | Cumulative | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Trees planted | 2025 | 16,918 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://moreleaf.org/impact/) Impact page counters 'In 2025 this looked like': 16,918 trees planted, 403 planting projects, 16,313 volunteer hours; same figures on p.2 of 2025 Annual Report |
| Seedlings produced | 2025 | 18,000 | no (that year) | CommuniTree nursery | Self-reported | [source](https://moreleaf.org/impact/) Impact page counters: 18,000 seedlings potted in 2025, 62 species grown |
| Survival rate (%) | 2025 | 90 | no (that year) | ReLeaf St. Louis | Self-reported | [source](https://moreleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/FRL-2025AR-Web-1.pdf) 2025 Annual Report: ReLeaf St. Louis park trees 're-inventoried every year and have a survival rate of over 90%' (program-specific, not all plantings) |

Confidence: self-reported is the organization's own published figure; independently verified means a third party confirmed it; estimated means TreeRM derived it and the note says how.

## Links

- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forestreleaf
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forestreleaf
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forest-releaf-of-missouri

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