City of Trees Challenge

City of Trees Challenge — Grow With Us!

On Arbor Day 2020, we partnered with the City of Boise and Council President Elaine Clegg to plant one tree for every household in Boise and one seedling for every resident in Idaho forests by 2030. In over 3 years, we’ve built strong roots for the Challenge by advancing forward climate leadership at a local and national level. We are more than 2/3 of the way toward meeting our goal of planting 235,000 forest seedlings in Idaho’s forests thanks to financial support from Arbor Day Foundation and The Nature Conservancy in Idaho and we are advancing effective tree equity with neighborhood partners through the Boise Tree Captains Program which is supported by American Forests, City of Boise’s Climate Division, City of Good and USDA Forest Service.

Learn how we are Growing The Challenge throughout the Treasure Valley and all of Idaho. And see the impact we’ve made to-date in our 2022 City of Trees Challenge Impact Report.

As we advance forward in year four of the Challenge, we have many exciting opportunities for residents across Boise and beyond to join us

• Learn how Boise Tree Captains are helping us build partnerships in neighborhoods across Boise to plant more trees.

  • Recruitment for Boise Tree Captains is live! Submit your application today to join a fun and educational citizen climate action group starting this Spring and continuing through Fall 2023.

• Our 2023 Nursery Partners will include Edwards Greenhouse and Franz Witte. Stay tuned for more information about Spring 2023 events and our tree coupon program.

• Donate to our City of Trees Challenge Cauze

• Purchase a City of Trees Challenge t-shirt and wear it with pride. Each t-shirt will raise enough money to plant and grow 2 forest seedlings in an Idaho forest

• Don’t live in Boise? That’s ok, your city can join in the fun too as the Challenge grows across Idaho and the US.

Industry Partners

Help support local nurseries, landscapers and tree care companies as you beautify your landscape and plant more trees across the Treasure Valley!

2023 LEAD NURSERY PARTNERS

• Edwards Greenhouse & Flowershop, Franz Witte and Zamzows have risen to the Challenge and helped us plant more trees by offering $50 vouchers for City of Trees Challenge trees. The 2023 Voucher Program ran during the month of May at Franz Witte in Nampa and Edwards Greenhouse in Boise.

Restoring Idaho Forests

The City of Trees Challenge has planted 149,000 forest seedlings in Boise National Forest to restore lands damaged by the 2016 Pioneer Fire. The Nature Conservancy in Idaho, Treasure Valley Canopy Network, City of Boise and Arbor Day Foundation have partnered with USDA Forest Service Boise National Forest to plant forest seedlings to restore wildlife habitat and build climate resilience in lands damaged by Idaho’s most catastrophic fire in Boise County.

Learn how we’re restoring Idaho’s forests through the City of Trees Challenge.