Free Yard Tree Program
Applications have closed for the 2024-2025 planting season
Thank you for your interest in FREE TREES! We have reached our planting capacity for the 2024-2025 season. We will open the application for free yard trees back up in Summer 2025 for the 2025-2026 planting season. Please sign up to receive our emails to be updated when the application reopens.
You may qualify for up to 3 FREE yard trees!
Homes, businesses, and churches located in federally-designated Justice40 tracts can received free trees as part of the Chatham Canopy Corps program.
Help grow Chatham County’s future forest…in your yard!
Chatham County loses thousands of trees each year to construction, storms, disease, and age. By planting trees on your property, you can combat tree loss and grow our urban forest. In additional to beautifying your property, trees provide economic, environmental, and health benefits to you and your neighbors.
Through this program, Savannah Tree Foundation will help you identify what tree species works best for your property, plant the tree for you, and provide real-time post-planting support to you care for your new tree. It’s as easy as 1, 2, TREE!
1. Apply for yard trees – provide your address, the number of trees, and tree type preferences.
2. Coordinate with STF – an STF staff member will reach out to discuss how to select the Right Tree and put it in the Right Place. They will also work with you on a planting date.
3. TREE! STF’s Canopy Corps Apprentices will deliver and plant your tree, free of charge, on the agreed upon date.
Plantings will occur between December 2024 and March 2025.
This program is funded by the Georgia Forestry Commission as part of its Trees Across Georgia (TAG) program, created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
BENEFITS OF TREES:
- Yard trees cool air temperatures, reduce flooding, and lower air conditioning costs.
- Trees clean the air, provide noise buffers, and beautify our community.
- A mature tree can provide up to $100 in benefits per year.
- Help grow an equitable tree canopy for Savannah!
STF WILL PROVIDE:
- Up to 3 trees planted per household
- A choice from 5 shade, flowering, or fruit species
- Individual consultation on the best tree species and placement
- Professional tree planting service
- Post-planting tree care text line
FUNDED BY
Do you qualify for a free tree?
Property eligibility is determined by the federally-designated Climate and Economic Justice (CEJST) tracts. STF has attempted to list all qualifying neighborhoods below, but this list is non-exhaustive. Use the CEJST map link below to confirm your eligibility. Click the map to navigate to the interactive website.
Eligible Neighborhoods
| Avondale | Leeds Gate |
| Beach Institute | Liberty City |
| Benjamin Van Clark | Live Oak |
| Cann Park | Midtown |
| Carver Village | Oakland Park |
| Cloverdale | Ogeechee Road Corridor |
| Daffin Heights | Ogeecheeton |
| Dale Terrace | Pine Gardens |
| East Savannah | Sackville |
| East Victorian District | South Garden |
| Edgemere | Tatemville |
| Forest Hills | Tremont Park |
| Garden City | Twickenham |
| Hitch Village | Victory Heights |
| Hudson Hill | Victory Manor |
| Hunder Army Airfield | West Savannah |
| Jackson Park | West Victory |
| Kayton/Frazier | Westlake |
| Lamarville | Woodville |
* This list is non-exhaustive, as neighborhood boundaries are estimated. To confirm eligibility, see map below.
