Lewisville Tree Giveaway
In an effort to increase our tree canopy and help Lewisville residents with tree loss, Keep Lewisville Beautiful is offering a free residential tree giveaway. A limited number of trees are available for the giveaway.
Those who register for a tree and do not pick it up at the event on October 5th, will lose claim to their free tree.
Reservations are required.
KLB’s 2024 Tree Giveaway is Saturday, October 5.
How to Reserve a Tree
Registration for the Tree Giveaway is now open via our Tree Registration Google Form.
- Trees are available by registration only.
- Must be a City of Lewisville resident to reserve a tree; proof of residency will be required at pick-up.
- Only one tree per Lewisville household can be reserved.
- Must pick up your tree on Oct. 5 - If you are unable to pick up your tree, please do not register.
- All participants must be able to pick up and load their tree in their own vehicle. Volunteers will be onsite to help load trees.
- Trees are intended to increase our local tree canopy in residential areas. Trees are unavailable for commercial properties at this time.
- To register, please fill out our google form at the link above, or scan our QR code on the flyer below.
After registration closes, KLB staff will work to quickly review the participant list to remove any ineligible registrations. Once the tree list is finalized, an email notification will be sent to all registered participants with more information on pick up. All participants should receive a final confirmation email no later than September 30. If you have not received your email by this date, please email info@keeplewisvillebeautiful.org or give staff a call at 972-538-5949.
How to Pick up Your Reserved Tree
- Reserved trees must be picked up Saturday, October 5 between 9:00-11:30 am at the Lewisville Visitor Information Center parking lot (247 W Main Street, Lewisville 75057).
- A copy of your tree reservation email ,valid photo ID, and current City of Lewisville utility bill must be presented at pick-up to receive your reserved tree.
- This is a drive-thru tree pick-up and we ask that you stay in your vehicle.
- Friendly volunteers will be onsite to help load the tree into your vehicle.
We are unable to hold trees. If you are unable to pick up your reserved tree Saturday, October 5 between 9:00-11:30 am, your tree reservation will be cancelled.
Unclaimed Trees
Any reserved trees not picked up on Saturday, October 5 between 9:00 and 11:30 am will be made available to Lewisville residents on a first-come basis at 11:45. A valid ID with a Lewisville address and a current City of Lewisville utility bill must be presented to receive an unclaimed tree. One unclaimed tree per single-family household, no exceptions. KLB staff will post unclaimed tree availability on our Facebook page on Oct 5th.
Important Information about Picking up Your Tree
- We recommend using a trash bag or tarp in your vehicle to protect against soil spillage.
- Your tree should fit into a sedan sized car (tree height is approximately 5 to 6 feet tall at pick-up).
- We will provide a link to PDFs for take-home planting instructions and tree species information for your tree.
- All traffic must enter the parking lot from the Main Street entrance and exit the parking lot on Church Street. KLB will provide a Tree Giveaway map with your tree confirmation email.
Benefits of Trees
A healthy tree canopy is vital to improving the quality of life in our community! Trees are vital for sustainable community growth, economic vitality, and public health. Trees provide numerous environmental, economic and health benefits. Benefits of trees include:
- Increased property values
- Mitigating urban heat
- Providing shade
- Reducing air pollution
- Sequestering carbon dioxide
- Beautifying the community
- Increasing biodiversity
- Lower energy consumption of homes
How to plant your tree
Check out these free tree planting guides
Arbor Day Foundation: PDF Tree Planting Guide for Potted Trees
Arbor Day Foundation: Tree Growth Timeline
Texas A&M Forest Service: TreePlantingTools (tamu.edu)
Tree Species:
Image and PDF sources: Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees (tamu.edu)
Past projects:
2023- LISDOLA beautification support. Volunteers helped clean out educational gardens, mulch trails, stain benches, trim trees on trails, and clean and improve outdoor learning spaces for LISD students. After volunteering, we hosted a special annular solar eclipse watch event with volunteers.
2022- LLELA plant-a-thon support. Volunteers helped plant/pot 636 native prairie grasses for LISD students to utilize for their plant a thon project. While onsite, volunteers helped cleanup garden demonstration beds and picked up litter.
2021- Kayak Launch Planting with City of Lewisville Parks and Recreation. Volunteers planted 765 pollinator plants as part of a conservation and erosion project.
2020- projects were cancelled due to COVID-19
2019- KLB partnered with the the Rich Lubke Organic Community Garden to help much walkways, weed garden beds, water and trim fruit trees, and more.
2018- KLB partnered with LISDOLA to help cleanup and plant educational gardens, stain and seal outdoor classroom equipment, seed wildflowers, and help with a variety of other beautification and community improvement projects that benefit LISD students and educators.
2017- KLB partnered with LLELA and the City of Lewisville for prairie restoration and conservation projects!
2016- KLB partnered with LISDOLA with trail restoration and wildflower planting projects to benefit outdoor classrooms and educators.
2015- KLB partnered with LISDOLA with outdoor classroom improvement projects, trail restorations, and planting educational gardens for students.
2013 and 2014- KLB partnered with the City of Lewisville to plant Texas native wildflowers at Lake Park and public places.
2011 and 2012- KLB partnered with the City of Lewisville to plant Texas Native wildflowers at Railroad Park
2005-2010- KLB partnered with the City of Lewisville to plant more than 57,000 daffodil bulbs around town at Fox Avenue, FM 407, Valley Parkway, Fox Ave, Memorial Park, and more.
Rain Policy:
- This event is rain or shine!
- In the event that there is rain, we will still work in the covered areas.
- In the event that there is lightening, we will ask that volunteers seek shelter at the closest available safe area at their site: this could be your car, portable, etc. Locations will be provided onsite.
- In the event that the event gets cancelled, a KLB site rep will call the phone number provided during registration and make every attempt to contact your group to let you know.
History:
Every year in October, KLB participates in the nation-wide Make a Difference Day. This day is dedicated to giving back to the community. KLB partners with several other organizations, civic groups, scouts, and the City of Lewisville to successfully plant flowers in Lewisville as part of our annual beautification effort. This ongoing project is a lot of fun for the entire family, and is safe for all ages. It is a continuing project year after year, in hopes of changing the image of our great city and making Lewisville the most beautiful that it can be.
If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please give us a call 972-538-5949 or e-mail info@keeplewisvillebeautiful.org for more information. We are always looking for volunteers.