Monrovia Tree Planting Program

Press release from the City of Monrovia:

The City of Monrovia maintains more than 8,500 city-owned trees and in 1987 was recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA in recognition of our commitment to tree stewardship. In recent years, the City has had to remove several tree due, primarily, to trees lost due to the drought and trees that were removed due to construction activity. In the spirit of our commitment to tree stewardship, staff committed to replacing the removed trees on a 2 for 1 basis in order to maintain and expand our urban forest.

This fall, we will be launching an initiative to begin replanting trees throughout the community. The plantings will take place in parkways and public spaces with a focus on replacing trees that were previously removed. While we are working off of our existing inventory and records, we are also using this as an opportunity to consider planting trees within parkways where one may not have previously existed.

If you are interested in a City tree being planted in the parkway in front of your residence or business, please fill out the interest form. The ability to plant a tree will be determined by the available space in the parkway, the presence of overhead or underground utilities, and a site review conducted by the City Arborist. The tree will be planted and maintained by the City at our expense, however, we do ask for the resident or business owner to provide for watering of the tree. We will review interest on a first come first served basis and the number of trees planted this year will be determined by the level of interest and available resources.

Deadline to Submit Interest Form

October 30, 2020

Contact

For additional information, please contact:
Jaden Louie
(626) 932-5584
jlouie@ci.monrovia.ca.us
Daniel Lee
(626) 932-8216
dlee@ci.monrovia.ca.us

This press release was produced by the City of Monrovia. The views expressed are the author's own.