Plant A Tree to Celebrate Lakewood's 50th Anniversary

From the City of Lakewood: The best time to plant a tree is 50 years ago. The second-best time is now.

Enhance your home and the community by joining the Lakewood Loves Trees initiative to plant trees for the future 50 years of Lakewood!

Lakewood Loves Trees is providing four different species at a reduced price of $75 each for residents to plant in honor of Lakewood’s 50th Anniversary. The trees will be about 10-feet tall in pots several feet wide for residents to pick up and would normally sell for $135 or more. The available species are the Imperial Honey Locust, Kentucky Coffee Tree, London Plane Tree and the city’s official tree, the Western Hackberry. All the trees are drought-tolerant and grow well in the metro area’s dry climate.

Pre-order trees through May 8 to guarantee your first-choice species, or until supplies last, in one of the following ways:
• Sign up online at www.lakewoodtogether.org/50Trees the 50th Anniversary website that also has guides for planting and caring for the tree.
• Visit or call one of Lakewood’s four recreation centers and place an order at the front desk.

Pre-orders are limited to Lakewood residents and one tree per household. You will be able to pick up your tree from 8 a.m. to noon on June 1 at the city’s greenhouse, 9556 W. Yale Ave.

Image Courtesy of the City of Lakewood