Applications Open For Wheaton's Shared Cost Parkway Tree Program

WHEATON, IL — Applications have opened for Wheaton's 2025 Shared Cost Parkway Tree Planting Program. The city plans to help fund the planting of as many as 200 trees, with beneficiaries chosen on a first come, first served basis.

For $95, residents can choose from a dozen species of trees via the shared cost program. The species are listed below.

• Catalpa
• Honey locust
• Hybrid elm
• Japanese tree lilac
• Kentucky coffee tree
• Linden
• Pink crabapple
• Red oak
• Service berry
• State street maple
• Sugar maple
• Swamp white oak

Crew members from Wheaton's Forestry Division will begin planting the parkway trees come springtime.

Click the link to learn more and apply for the Shared Cost Parkway Tree Planting Program. The deadline to apply is Feb. 28.