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2025 Adopt-A-Tree Program

Adopt-A-Tree is back! Interested? Place your order here.

The deadline to order is April 24, 2025.

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This year we are providing three different planting options.

Option 1: Private Property Tree

  • $350
  • Includes 1 tree of your choice that the Village will deliver to your home, and you can plant wherever you would like on your property

Option 2: Public Right of Way Tree

  • $300
  • Includes
    • 1 tree of your choice
    • Planting in the public right of way. The Village will work with you on the planting location.
    • Mulching, and
    • The initial watering.

Option 3: Public Right of Way Tree in Road Project

  • $250
  • If your home is in the 2025 road project area, listed below, then you qualify for this option. Roads are subject to change.
    • W Glencoe Pl (Port Washington Rd to Malibu Dr)
    • E Brown Deer Rd (East of Lake Dr)
    • E Crocker Pl (E Glenbrook Rd to Lake Dr)
    • E Ravine Ln (termini to Lake Dr)
    • N Rexleigh Dr (E Fairy Chasm to E Brown Deer Rd)
    • W Fairy Chasm Rd (W Port Washington Rd to Termini)
  • Includes
    • 1 tree of your choice
    • Planting in the public right of way. The Village will work with you on the planting location.
    • Mulching, and
    • The initial watering.

More program details:

  • Tree will be up to 2” in diameter
  • Please have a secondary tree option in mind as a potential substitution due to supply and demand this spring
  • Adopt-a-trees are sold as is, without a warranty. Once delivered, the responsibility for care and maintenance lies with the owner. If a tree becomes unhealthy or dies, no refunds will be issued.

The 3 tree species you can choose form for this year’s program are below:

Common Hackberrycommonhackberry

A native tree to Wisconsin! The Hackberry is a medium-to-large deciduous tree that will grow approximately 40-60 feet in height and will spread about 40-60 feet in width. Its leaves bloom and remain a light green until autumn when the leaves turn into a mix of yellow and pale green. Hackberry’s do have small round berries that stay on the tree even throughout winter, providing wildlife with year-round food.

 

espressotreeEspresso Kentucky Coffeetree

A native variant of the Kentucky Coffeetree – just without the seed pods! The Espresso Coffeetree is a large deciduous tree that will grow about 40-50 feet in height and will spread about 25-35 feet in width. In early summer, the tree will bloom with white corymbs that will attract bees, swallowtails, and hummingbirds. Its leaves will remain a blue green for the rest of the year until autumn when the leaves change into a yellow hue.

 

redoakRed Oak

A native tree to Wisconsin! The Red Oak is a large deciduous tree that will grow approximately 50-75 feet in height and will spread about 50-75 feet in width. Its leaves will start as a yellowish green in spring, transforming into a medium green for the remainder of the year until autumn when the leaves change into their undistinguishable red coloring.

 

Forestry Services

The Village currently maintains nearly 4,950 trees in the right-of-way and municipal property. The Village contracts an arborist to assess all right-of-way trees every five years through grant awarded monies. Arborists assess features of the tree like growth space size, height class, specie classification, health condition, and more. The tree inventory assessment aids in the development of a strategic work plan to manage our urban forest over the next five years. The work plan will serve as the foundation of our decision-making process, enabling us to identify priorities, assess the health of our public tree canopies, and uncover opportunities for growth and enhancement.

The responsibilities of Village crews include:

  • Tree pruning/removal, as necessary
  • Tree planting
  • Stump removals
  • Landscape
  • Maintenance

Tree Trimming

The Village of Bayside has an established tree maintenance program which consists of the care and improvement of all trees on public property and in the Village right-of-way. The goal is to complete safety pruning for each street tree once every five to seven years. Safety pruning is important because tree branches that hang too low can impede sight lines, damage vehicles, injure pedestrians, and impact the health of a tree. The Department of Public works will utilize a map that has split the Village into five sections, targeting one section per year to ensure the goal is completed.

Prior to safety trimming, residents will be notified with a door hanger at least one week in advance that a tree adjacent to their property will be trimmed.

Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)

In 2022, the Village had successfully removed all of the EAB infected trees in the public right-of-way. To counteract the trees removed, the Village has also been proactive in planting replacement trees and offering trees through the Adopt-a-Tree program.

For new trees, the Village has implemented a 5% maximum specie threshold, ensuring maximum diversification of newly planted trees to prevent from catastrophic future tree loss.

Much of this work has been funded through Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Urban Forestry grants. The Village continually strives to search for new and improved ways to continue to reinvest and grow our urban forest.

The Village has been recognized as a Tree City USA since 2008.

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