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Community Canopy Program#

trees

The City of Fort Collins Forestry Division hosts the Community Canopy Program through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation. 1,000 trees will be provided to Fort Collins' Growth Management Area residents for $25 each. These trees will help homeowners lower energy costs, filter air and water, reduce stormwater runoff, slow climate change, and green our neighborhoods. 

2024 Program Details

  • Monday, August 12 at 8 a.m. - Trees available for purchase online
  • Saturday, September 7 - Tree pick-up event; pick-up time will be selected during the purchase transaction 

Purchase a tree and you will:

  • Receive a 5-gallon tree for only $25 - the City will cover the rest of the cost for you! 
  • Increase canopy cover to anticipate future tree losses from invasive pests/diseases 
  • Lower your home's energy costs
  • Filter air and water
  • Reduce stormwater runoff
  • Slow climate change 
Common Name Tree Type
Apple 'Honeycrisp' Fruit 
Cherry 'Montmorency' Fruit 
Hot Wings Maple Ornamental
Crabapple 'Radiant' (pink) Ornamental
Crabapple 'Spring snow' (white) Ornamental
Crabapple 'Thunderchild' (pink) Ornamental
Hophornbeam 'Autumn Treasure' Ornamental
Chokecherry 'Suckerpunch' Ornamental
Swedish Whitebeam Ornamental
Box Elder 'Sensation' Shade
Sugar Maple 'Flashfire' Shade
Ohio Buckeye Shade
Northern Catalpa Shade
Hackberry Shade
Yellowwood Shade
Ginkgo 'Magyar' Shade
Honeylocust 'Skyline' Shade
Kentucky Coffeetree 'Espresso' Shade
Sweetgum 'Mountain Avenue' Shade
Tulip Tree 'Emerald City' Shade
London Planetree 'Exclamation' Shade
Plains Cottonwood 'Sargent Straight' Shade
Gambel Oak 'Gila Monster' Shade
Heritage Oak Shade
American Linden Shade
American Elm 'Princeton' Shade
Elm 'Triumph' Shade
Bigtooth Maple 'Rocky Mountain Glow' Shade
Gambel Oak, Single Stem Shade

How It Works#

person carrying small tree
  • Beginning on August 12 at 8 a.m., a link will be posted on this website to Arbor Day Foundation's tree purchase platform. On the tree purchasing platform, an online tool will be used to determine the ideal location to plant a new tree in your yard. This tool will also estimate the annual energy savings that result from the tree over time, and will then allow you to purchase your tree.
  • Residents of the Fort Collins Growth Management Area may reserve two trees per household and are expected to plant them in the location provided by the online tool and provide ongoing care. 
  • The 5-10 foot trees will be available at a pick-up event on Saturday, September 7 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Pick-up times will be assigned during tree purchase. 
  • Any trees remaining after the pickup event will be donated if not claimed by September 20, 2024.
  • The Community Canopy Program reservation site will remain active until all 1,000 trees are reserved. 

Partnerships and Collaboration#

people chatting at previous community canopy event

Thank you to our partners for making this program possible. 

  • Nature in the City
  • Arbor Day Foundation
  • Fort Collins Wholesale Nursery