# Meer Bomen Nu – free second-chance trees

> Free trees from Urgenda with Stichting MEERGroen and Caring Farmers (Nonprofit) for Netherlands.

Official page: https://meerbomen.nu/ik-doe-mee/
Source: https://treerm.org/residents/programs/meer-bomen-nu-free-rescued-seedlings · Updated 2026-11-08 · Status: Seasonal

**What you get:** Free rescued tree and shrub seedlings for anyone with space to plant them, plus free species advice; pick up at local hubs between November and March

Meer Bomen Nu is a national campaign by Urgenda, Stichting MEERGroen and Caring Farmers that moves over half a million young trees and shrubs each winter from places where they cannot grow (such as under mature forest) to new sites. Volunteers dig up seedlings at harvest days; anyone with land registers as a planting location and collects free trees from hubs listed in the online Bomenplanner. Registered users get free planting advice (Bomenvinder) matched to their soil type.

## Who qualifies

Anyone can collect free trees and shrubs. Landowners, farmers, businesses, schools and organisations with ground to green register as a 'plantlocatie'. No minimum quantity is stated.

## How to apply

Register as a planting location at bomenplanner.meerbomen.nu/plantlocaties/aanmelden, then use the Bomenplanner calendar to find pick-up, harvest and planting events near you. To volunteer at harvest days, sign up at bomenplanner.meerbomen.nu/vrijwilligers. Hub, regional and city pages (e.g. meerbomen.nu/regios/utrecht) list local pick-up points.

**When:** First weekend of November to first weekend of March, while trees are dormant; the 2026-27 season opened 7 and 8 November 2026

**For:** Homeowners, Landowners, Farmers, Businesses, Schools, Community groups, Municipalities