With half of consumers researching companies’ environmental work before making a purchase, corporate tree planting and distribution events foster employee volunteering and community engagement alike.
- Bring the environmental and social benefits of trees to any neighborhood
- Support a range of goals, from employee engagement and brand affinity to boosting climate resilience and neighborhood canopy cover
- Engage employees with meaningful, hands-on volunteering
- Strengthen relationships with local communities
How planting and distribution events work
Aligning your goals with the right event
A dedicated member of our team will work with you to align on goals, number of events, range of locations, timelines, and budget. Then, we collaborate with our network to design meaningful events, whenever and wherever makes sense for you.
Planning and logistics for a successful event
We support your team through every step of event coordination, making sure you have the tools to manage logistics, promote the opportunity internally, and recruit employee or community volunteers. Whether a single event or part of a series, we host pre-event meetings to walk through day-of details so everyone feels ready.
Implementing your events
During your events, we work with you and the planting partners to take care of the details, so your team can focus on the work and one another.
Reporting the impact of your event
Following your event, we deliver clear impact reporting that includes ways people benefit long-term from the trees you planted or distributed. This gives you tools to share a clear story of the difference your team made.
What are community planting events?
Plant trees during a hands-on event on public or private lands.
- Plant side-by-side with your team
- Collaborate with community planting organizations and nonprofits for customized events that meet local needs
- We collaborate with recipients to maintain newly planted trees for two years to protect your investment and set trees up for long-term success
What are tree distribution events?
Distribute free or low-cost trees directly to community members to plant on their own property.
- Volunteer with your team to distribute trees at walk-up or drive-through events
- Connect with local planting partners to meet local needs
- Utilize our community tree distribution platform as a streamlined tool for tree reservation, impact tracking, and education
- We lead on project management, volunteer coordination, on-site tree education, day-of support, and more
With the majority of urban canopy located on private lands, these events are a uniquely impactful way to expand coverage.
We’ve engaged tree planters in 95% of U.S. neighborhoods and facilitate over 300 urban tree planting events every year, activating wherever there’s a need.
Our long-term relationships with an international network of planting partners provide local expertise wherever we work to ensure the right trees are planted and cared for.
The full picture of corporate tree planting events
We provide detailed reporting on the broader impact of your events. This map shows an example of one type of metric we report on: total number of trees planted at community events.
How do planting and distribution events engage employees?
High-quality community plantings and distributions solve meaningful business goals and are a proven way to foster employee engagement. In fact, our 2025 Canopy Report found that 80% of Millennials say they’d be more likely to work for a company that cares about the environment. It’s one reason why hands-on events like these can result in a stronger sense of connection when companies and employees team up to do good in the world.
Let’s talk trees
Explore ways we can support your organization’s environmental or employee engagement goals through community tree planting or distribution events.