Articles Tagged: Trees Forever

Nature lovers are needed to help maintain and plant trees throughout Iowa and Illinois. Volunteers can sign up now for virtual training through Trees Forever's TreeKeepers classes. The course is designed for people who want to become more knowledgeable about urban tree planting and care, and will empower attendees to become effective environmental volunteers.

Marion will get $40,000 and Hiawatha $10,000 to help replant tree canopies lost in the 2020 derecho.

With Cedar Rapids’ ReLeaf effort and other communities replanting strategies, even more will be planted in 2022 and beyond.

It was “survival mode” for most not-for-profits across the state in 2020

With the assistance of a grant, the Solid Waste Agency and Trees Forever will distribute 1,000 trees in effort to help rebuild tree canopy lost to the 2020 derecho.

The trees will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis with a limit of one tree per vehicle and will stand roughly four- to seven-feet-tall on the day of pick-up.

Distribution event starts at at 11 a.m. and is first-come, first-served; limit one tree per vehicle

Trees Forever is holding an online tree sale for Hiawatha homeowners now through Sept. 24, with pickup on Sept. 26

Expert arborists to teach homeowners to plant and care for urban trees

The post-traumatic stress was real, and a lot of it had to do with loss of trees we had grown attached to — some of which landed on roofs and greeted people inside their homes when they fell.

Nature lovers are needed to help maintain and plant trees throughout Iowa and Illinois, and volunteers can sign up now for virtual training through Trees Forever's TreeKeepers class.

Trees Forever and the University of Northern Iowa's Tallgrass Prairie Center announce the revival of a popular workshop series focused on caring, planting and managing native prairie and trees.

Students from the Johnson STEAM Academy celebrated Arbor Day with Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart and others at Redmond Park in Cedar Rapids