# TreeBaltimore

> Baltimore City's mayoral tree initiative giving away free yard trees and coordinating plantings toward a 40% canopy

Source: https://treerm.org/org/treebaltimore · Updated 2026-11-08 · Data license: CC BY 4.0 (https://treerm.org/about#license)

## Facts

- Type: Government program
- Scope: Local
- Headquarters: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Founded: 2007
- Website: https://www.treebaltimore.org
- Volunteer sign-up: https://www.treebaltimore.org/treekeepers
- Donate: https://www.treebaltimore.org/donate
- Events calendar: https://www.treebaltimore.org/treeevents
- Countries where they plant: United States
- Activity types: Urban forestry (primary), Tree adoption & giveaways, Tree care & maintenance, Education & advocacy
- Trees on record: 23,322 (larger of latest cumulative figure and sum of annual figures; trees planted or distributed)

## About

TreeBaltimore is a mayoral initiative led by the Forestry Division of Baltimore City Recreation and Parks, and the umbrella under which city agencies, nonprofits and residents plant and care for trees toward a 40 percent citywide canopy goal. It hands out free one-gallon yard trees to city residents at adoption events every spring and fall, plants and maintains street and park trees on request, and trains volunteer TreeKeepers to prune and care for young public trees. Its community calendar also lists partner plantings run by groups such as Blue Water Baltimore and Baltimore Tree Trust.

## Programs

- **Free yard tree adoptions** — Tree adoption & giveaways: Free one-gallon native trees for Baltimore City residents to plant in their yards, pre-registered online and picked up at adoption events held every spring and fall (up to three trees per household); neighborhood groups can also host their own giveaways. https://www.treebaltimore.org/get-a-free-tree
- **Street and park tree planting** — Urban forestry: Residents request street trees for the public right-of-way in front of their homes, or approval and trees to plant on park land themselves; the Forestry Division plants and maintains the trees. https://www.treebaltimore.org/street-tree-request-form
- **TreeKeepers** — Tree care & maintenance: Volunteer training and certification program (introduction to tree pruning plus field sessions) that equips residents to prune and report on young public trees. https://www.treebaltimore.org/treekeepers

## Metrics

> Note: TreeBaltimore publishes no annual planting report of its own; its 'biannual tree report' PDF is image-only. The Forestry Division's page states a standing 8,000 trees planted per year, while the City budget book's Urban Forestry performance measure shows 4,300 (FY2022), 4,700 (FY2023) and 5,846 (FY2024) against a 7,000 target, and the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance's TreeBaltimore dataset sums to 4,776 trees in 2020. Partner nonprofits under the TreeBaltimore umbrella (for example Baltimore Tree Trust) report their own plantings separately. The 2007 founding year comes from local coverage ('Since 2007, TreeBaltimore has supported local partners') and the site's 2007 copyright.

| Metric | Year | Value | Cumulative | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Trees planted | 2020 | 4,776 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Estimated | [source](https://services1.arcgis.com/mVFRs7NF4iFitgbY/ArcGIS/rest/services/Treeplnt/FeatureServer/0/query?where=1%3D1&outFields=*&returnGeometry=false&f=json) Derived: sum of the 55 Community Statistical Area values in the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance 'Treeplnt' feature service (number of trees planted annually by the TreeBaltimore program), field treeplnt20. Yearly sums: 2013 4,900; 2014 5,175; 2015 4,410; 2016 3,207; 2017 2,989; 2018 1,980; 2019 3,355; 2020 4,776. The series ends in 2020. |
| Trees planted | 2023 | 4,700 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Estimated | [source](https://s3.amazonaws.com/baltimorecity.gov.if-us-east-1/s3fs-public/2026-02/fy2026_agency_detail_volume_ii.pdf) Same budget performance measure ('Increase the Tree Canopy Citywide'), Fiscal 2023 actual 4,700; interpreted as trees planted by Service 654 Urban Forestry in FY2023 (July 2022 - June 2023). |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 5,846 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Estimated | [source](https://s3.amazonaws.com/baltimorecity.gov.if-us-east-1/s3fs-public/2026-02/fy2026_agency_detail_volume_ii.pdf) City of Baltimore Fiscal 2026 Agency Detail Vol. II, Recreation and Parks, Service 654 Urban Forestry, performance measure 'Increase the Tree Canopy Citywide': Fiscal 2024 actual 5,846 (Fiscal 2022 actual 4,300, Fiscal 2023 actual 4,700, Fiscal 2025 and 2026 targets 7,000). The measure is a count whose unit is not labelled in the budget book; interpreted here as trees planted by the Urban Forestry service in FY2024 (July 2023 - June 2024). |
| Trees planted | 2026 | 8,000 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://www.baltimorecity.gov/bcrp/forestry) Baltimore City Recreation and Parks Forestry page: 'Plants 8,000 new trees yearly with volunteers' (accessed Nov 2026; a standing annual figure, not a count for a named year) |

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.

## Upcoming events

- 2026-11-11 — Blue Water Baltimore Howard Park planting (Volunteer planting), Baltimore — register: https://bluewaterbaltimore.org/event/howard-park-neighborhood-tree-planting-8/ — https://treerm.org/events/treebaltimore/blue-water-baltimore-howard-park-planting-2026-11-11.md
- 2026-11-14 — Mount Vernon Tree Planting (Volunteer planting), Baltimore — register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mount-vernon-tree-planting-tickets-1993546261533 — https://treerm.org/events/treebaltimore/mount-vernon-tree-planting-2026-11-14.md
- 2026-11-14 — GRIA and Wyman Park Dell Community Tree Planting (Volunteer planting), Baltimore — register: https://forms.gle/LnzcK71tfAvGgz1Q6 — https://treerm.org/events/treebaltimore/gria-and-wyman-park-dell-community-tree-planting-2026-11-14.md
- 2026-12-05 — TreeKeepers: Introduction to Tree Pruning and Field Session (Training / workshop), Baltimore — register: https://secure.rec1.com/MD/baltimore-md/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPVRyZWVLZWVwZXJz — https://treerm.org/events/treebaltimore/treekeepers-introduction-to-tree-pruning-and-field-session-2026-12-05.md
- 2027-04-07 — Maryland Arbor Day (Other), Baltimore — https://treerm.org/events/treebaltimore/maryland-arbor-day-2027-04-07.md

## Links

- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/treebaltimore
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/treebaltimore

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