How To Get A Free Tree In Marblehead This Weekend

MARBLEHEAD, MA — Those attending the Marblehead Farmers' Market can take home a free tree this weekend.

Bartlett Tree Experts will give away 250 lilac and spruce tree seedlings on June 10. The giveaway is part of the Bartlett Legacy Tree Program, which has distributed more than 609,000 seedlings since its inception in 2014.

Bartlett will be giving away the trees at the Sustainable Marblehead table on June 10.

"Our Legacy Tree Program is all about bringing trees and people together," said Jacob Maynard, an arborist with Bartlett's Beverly Farms office and member of Sustainable Marblehead. "This is a great way for Bartlett Tree Experts to make a difference while giving back to our communities and improving the environment."

The goals of the program include raising awareness of the benefits of planting trees and helping local communities reverse the increasing deficit of urban and suburban trees lost to development.

"It's gratifying to see our program making a difference each year," said Patrick Franklin, who manages the Legacy Tree Program.

Tree species are selected for distribution by geographic region with a focus on increasing the local diversity of native tree populations.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)