Million Trees Miami
Miami, Florida, United States · Government program · Regional · since 2011
Miami-Dade County's campaign to reach 30% tree canopy, anchored by the Adopt-a-Tree free tree giveaways
About
Million Trees Miami is a Miami-Dade County initiative launched in 2011 by Neat Streets Miami (formerly the Community Image Advisory Board) within the Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department, aiming to plant one million trees and reach 30 percent tree canopy countywide, with the County committing to 300,000 trees and municipalities, schools, businesses and residents asked to plant the rest. The County's Adopt-a-Tree program, run since 2001 by the Division of Environmental Resources Management, gives single-family and duplex homeowners up to two free trees per season at large weekend events and has distributed over 262,000 trees. The County also sponsored a 2021 urban tree canopy assessment with American Forests and funds matching grants for municipal street tree planting from its Tree Trust Fund.
What they run
Free locally grown trees (up to two per season) for Miami-Dade single-family and duplex homeowners, distributed first-come first-served at three large giveaway events a year (2026: Hialeah Gardens in May, FIU Biscayne Bay in July, Zoo Miami in September); run by the County's Division of Environmental Resources Management.
Matching grants from the County's Tree Trust Fund to municipalities, schools and nonprofits for street and park tree planting that counts toward the Million Trees Miami goal; partners can also register their own plantings with the campaign.
Trees by type of work
| Activity | Trees | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 🎁 Tree adoption & giveaways | 262,493 | 2024–2026 |
Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees distributed | 2024 | 7,000 | Adopt-a-Tree | Self-reported | sourceAdopt-a-Tree page, 'Trees adopted each year' table: 2024 = 7,000 (2023 = 6,898; 2022 = 7,500; 2021 = 3,090) |
| Trees distributed | 2025 | 7,604 | Adopt-a-Tree | Self-reported | sourceAdopt-a-Tree page, 'Trees adopted each year' table: 2025 = 7,604 |
| Trees distributed | 2026 | 7,950 | Adopt-a-Tree | Self-reported | sourceAdopt-a-Tree page, 'Trees adopted each year' table: 2026 = 7,950 (three events: about 2,600 in May, over 2,000 in July, over 2,500 in September) |
| Trees distributedto date | 2026 | 262,493 | Adopt-a-Tree | Self-reported | sourceAdopt-a-Tree page, 'Trees adopted each year' table: 'Total trees adopted: 262,493' (2001-2026); also 'Since the program's inception in 2001, more than 250,000 trees have been distributed throughout Miami-Dade County' |
How they report
What earned it
- 15/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 3 years of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2026
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 4 of 4 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 0/15 Reports survival or monitoring: No survival or monitoring figure
- 0/10 Independently verified figure: All figures are the organization's own
- 10/10 Breaks figures down by program: Figures attached to named programs
- 0/5 Reports volunteers or events: No volunteer figures or events
- Latest annual figure
- 7,950 trees in 2026 (+5% on the year before)
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