Hard to imagine spring, with Denver buried in snow, but it’s never too late to prepare for gardening projects and sunny weather. Imagine being able to learn about trees, buy one for $20 or free if unable to pay, and even have the chance to volunteer to help our neighbors plant their trees. Well this is a great program and you need to know about it!

The neighborhoods targeted for 2007 which include free waivers are: Baker Barnum Barnum West Cole Clayton Elyria/Swansea Five Points Globeville Jefferson Park Lincoln Park NE Park Hill Skyland Sunnyside Valverde Villa Park West Colfax Westwood Whittier

The Park People, a private non-profit organization, preserves, enhances, and advocates for Denver’s parks, recreation resources, open space and urban forest.

The Denver Digs Trees program is a volunteer-driven, community-based effort to increase the number of street trees across Denver. Nearly 30,000 public trees have been added to Denver’s streets through our efforts. The Denver Digs Trees program is conducted in partnership with the Denver Parks & Recreation Department.

The application can be downloaded here.Good news, the deadline for the free tree application has been extended to March 9, 2007.