Reserve Your Free Private-Property Tree Now
Under the Trees for a Cool, Healthy Community program, Our City Forest (OCF) and the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) have partnered to provide one free tree to households in Sunnyvale for planting either in their front or backyards.
Our City Forest will plant the tree and care for it (including watering) for three years to ensure its survival and health. There are roughly 250 trees available on a first-come, first- served basis.
To obtain your free tree go to: Our City Forest Free Trees and fill out the online application form. Please note that the tree species must be from the VTA Approved Tree Species List which is derived from Our City Forest’s current availability list.
Sunnyvale’s city arborist recommends that homeowners avoid choosing maples or poplars due to the potential future threat to those species from the polyphagous shot hole borer – a pest which has recently been discovered in Santa Cruz and San Jose.
For questions, contact Our City Forest at trees@ourcityforest.org