Virginia's Urban Forest Council | Trees Virginia | Non-Profit Community Organization

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Learn about the urban forest and its benefits. Learn how to plant, mulch, prune and maintain your trees, how to manage your community’s urban forest and more.

We reach out to the community by organizing events and supporting a variety of initiatives. These include Urban Forestry Roundtables, Urban Tree Health Care Workshops, supporting local Tree Steward groups, awarding student academic scholarships and scholarships for the SMA Municipal Forestry Institute; Arbor Day Tree Planting Initiative; supporting the Virginia Big Tree Program and the Virginia Urban Wood Group and more.

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We need your help! Volunteer! Become a Tree Steward! Attend a workshop or roundtable! Support our academic scholarships! Spread the word about Urban Forestry!

Who We Are

TREES VIRGINIA is registered with the state as the Virginia Urban Forest Council. It is a private, non-profit organization, which was founded in 1990 and incorporated in 1991. A 26 member volunteer Board of Directors meets quarterly to guide the Council’s programs and direction.

We are urban foresters, certified arborists, tree stewards, utility arborists, teachers, consultants, master gardeners; a diverse group of people who love trees and who strive to expand public awareness of the role trees and forests play in the urban environment.

We are a State and Federal 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and depend on your donations as a significant funding source. Learn how you can support Trees Virginia.

Helping the Community and Preserving Virginia's Trees Since 1990

The mission of the Virginia Urban Forest Council (Trees Virginia) is to enhance the quality of life through stewardship of our Commonwealth’s urban and community trees.

Our philosophy is providing a healthy place for forests in our urban communities; this requires that we work together to protect and enhance the natural environment. All who live and work in the communities around Virginia affect the condition of the forested areas.

LATEST NEWS

Read about the Ghana Green project here - fighting deforestation by planting 5 million trees in one day!

Fifteen Minutes in the Forest: The "Simple Act" of Planting a Tree

Click here to see details of the 2021 Trees Virginia Academic Scholarship awards. Trees Virginia has awarded scholarships to deserving students from Dabney Lancaster Community College, University of Lynchburg, George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University and Eastern Mennonite University.

Here is the recording of April 16th Virtual NOVA Urban Forestry Roundtable "Brood X of the Periodical Cicada" webinar.

Recordings of the March Roanoke Workshop Webinar Series

March 3 "Urban Tree Mortality and Monitoring: A Review of the Literature and Best Practices"

March 10 "The Sharp End of the Rope: The Climbing Arborists Perspective on Pruning"

March 17 "Maximizing Stormwater Benefits"

March 24 "Safe Use of Vehicles & Mobile Equipment in Arboriculture"

March 31 "Devastating Decay Fungi"

Click to read the 6th and 7th edition of the Virginia Urban Wood newsletter.

The 2020 revision (4th edition) of the Virginia Tree Steward Manual is now available online - view and download here!

2020 Waynesboro Tree Webinar presentations are available on the Trees Virginia YouTube channel.

Visit the Virginia Urban Wood Group Urban and Small Woodlot Forestry Business Directory here!

The Bonnie Appleton Memorial Fund has reached the initial fundraising goal of $100,000.00. Thanks to all that contributed. We continue to need your help to fund this scholarship - please donate! Read more on the Tree Fund page under the Bonnie Appleton Fund section.

Did You Know:

A mature tree removes almost 70 times more pollution than a newly planted tree.
Every state has an official State Tree. Virginia adopted the flowering dogwood Cornaceae Cornus floridaas the State Tree on February 24, 1956. The dogwood is well distributed throughout the...
Most tree roots are in the top 12 inches of soil.
A birdhouse hung on a young tree branch, does not move up the tree as the tree grows.
Trees are the largest living organisms on earth: some coastal redwoods are more than 360 feet tall.
Trees are some of the oldest living organisms on earth: some bristle-cone pines are thought to be more than 5000 years old.
Most trees do not have a tap root.
In one day, one large tree can lift up to 100 gallons of water out of the ground and discharge it into the air.
Well-maintained trees and shrubs can increase property value by up to 14%.
Trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs by 30 percent and save 20-50 percent in heating energy.
One large tree can provide a supply of oxygen for two people.