Residents help build Bloomington’s urban forest

With all the stresses on our urban trees, it takes an engaged community to maintain a healthy forest. For 17 years, residents of Bloomington have helped the cause by purchasing and planting a wide variety of tree species during the City’s annual Arbor Day tree sale. This year, all 315 affordable, bare-root trees, including spruce, crab apple, maple, birch and more, were sold out before the end of March. Trees are usually delivered in the first week of May.

Since its inception, this effort has added more than 3,000 trees to Bloomington’s urban forest and helped Bloomington maintain its Tree City USA designation. Celebrate Arbor Day on April 26 by planting a tree.

Learn more about the benefits at arborday.org.