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 17 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 37 Tree Cities in Tennessee. Street Tree Planting Program Every year, the city plants 500 trees (1.5-inch diameter) along city streets. 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. 2007 Poster Winner Arbor Day Celebration Arbor Day is April 24, 2009. Each year, City Tree Board member Dessa Blair presides over this event which features talent from area elementary and intermediate schools. This event is held at Ijams Nature Center. This year's participants will include, Powell Elementary, Belle Morris Elementary, and Pleasant Ridge Elementary schools.  The Tree Board also sponsors a poster contest for fifth grade classes from elementary and intermediate schools.  The top three winners will receive $50.