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The City of St. Catharines 2025 Fall Tree Giveaway is set for Saturday, Oct. 25 and registration is open for residents to claim their free tree.
Residents can visit stcatharines.ca to register online and reserve their free tree. A limited number of trees are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration closes Friday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. or when all available trees have been reserved.
Tree pickups will take place Saturday, Oct. 25, from 8-11 a.m. at Lancaster Park. Once registered, residents will receive a confirmation email with a QR code they must present (digitally or printed) when picking up their free tree. Trees are available to St. Catharines residents only and proof of residency, such as a driver’s licence or recent utility bill, will also be required. Limit of one tree per household.
Anyone wanting to pick up a tree for someone who has pre-registered online must also present their QR code, digital or paper, at time of pickup.
The City is offering the following tree varieties during the Fall Tree Giveaway: Black gum, Cherry birch, Elderberry and Black chokeberry.
The Fall Tree Giveaway is part of the City’s efforts to grow the tree canopy in St. Catharines. The City’s vision is for St. Catharines to be a safe, innovative, sustainable, and caring city today and for future generations. Environmental stewardship is a key pillar of its strategic plan for this vision and protecting, preserving and enhancing the St. Catharines’ tree canopy is among the City’s strategic directions towards its goal for resilience in the face of escalating climate change events.
Among the benefits of a healthy tree canopy are reduced storm water runoff, cleaner air, and captured greenhouse gases. The City has planted about 7,000 trees on private property through its semi-annual tree giveaways.
Learn more about each tree species and register for a free tree at stcatharines.ca/TreeGiveaway.
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