CITY TREE BOARD PROGRAMS

TREE BOARD LINKS City Tree Board History of the Tree Board Knoxville's Tree Ordinance Meeting Notes Tree Information Tree City USA Knoxville has been designated a Tree City by The Arbor Day Foundation for the past 19 years. In order to become a Tree City, a city must have: 1. A Tree Board or Department 2. A Tree Care Ordinance 3. A Community Forestry Program with an annual budget of at least $2 per capita 4. An Arbor Day observance and proclamation There are 39 Tree Cities in Tennessee. Street Tree Planting Program Every year, the city plants between 400 and 500 trees (1.5-inch diameter) along city streets and throughout city parks, in downtown and along boulevards. If you would like to request trees for your neighborhood, please call Jeff McCarter (City Arborist) at 865-215-6008 by September for the following year’s spring planting. Click here to see a PDF guide for appropriate trees to request. Tree Board members also work with the Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission to develop plans for street-tree planting efforts in different sections of the city. Arbor Day Celebration The City of Knoxville Public Service Department, City Tree Board and the Knoxville Utility Board celebrated Arbor Day on April 23, 2010. Each year, City Tree Board member Dessa Blair presides over this event which features talent from area elementary and intermediate schools. The Arbor Day program is held at Ijams Nature Center. This year's participants included Beaumont Elementary/Magnet School and Mt. Olive Elementary School. The Tree Board also sponsors a poster contest for fifth grade classes from elementary and intermediate schools. The top three winners received $50 and are listed below. Bonny Kate Elementary: Student Cara Browning; Teacher Tiffany Eng Cedar Bluff Elementary: Student Jordan Howard; Teacher Jeanne Hardin Grace Christian Academy: Student Tiffany Taylor; Teacher Teresa McNelly Pictures of the event and of the posters can be found here.