Five hundred trees will be available to Richmond residents for only $10 a piece.
This is meant to increase the tree canopy and urban forest by getting residents to plant trees on their own yards.
The trees can be ordered until 5 p.m. Nov. 18 with pickup on Saturday, Nov. 19.
“Planting a tree gives back to the community for generations to come and this is why we are excited for our residents to chip in on making our city greener,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie in a press release.
The nursery-grown quality trees will be in five-gallon pots and will range in size from three to six feet tall.
There will be five species available: vine maple, Nootka cypress, eastern red bud, paper bark maple and Japanese tree lilac.
Richmond residents can buy one tree per residence, through the MyRichmond online portal or via www.richmond.ca/discover/events/tree-sale
The trees will be ready for pickup on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the city works yard (5599 Lynas Lane). Residents who have pre-ordered trees will be given a time slot between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to pick them up and will have to show proof of residency at that time.
City staff will give out tree-planting brochures at pickup.
