Planting With FUF
Planting with Friends of the Urban Forest
Get involved and plant more trees in your neighborhood. Staff, volunteers, and residents work together to plant street trees in different neighborhoods throughout San Francisco.
To plant on your own, see our guide for more information on filing a permit with the City of San Francisco, digging a hole and planting the tree yourself.
If you would like to see our visual guide on getting your tree through FUF, please click here: 
Neighborhood Tree Planting
Friends of the Urban Forest will plant trees in any neighborhood of San Francisco where at least 30 trees are requested. Plantings are initially organized by a volunteer Neighborhood Organizer who works to generate interest for the planting and gets local neighbors (property owners) signed up. We do not plant trees in backyards.
Our plantings generally happen on Saturday mornings, and are group efforts that involve the neighborhood residents themselves, and FUF volunteers and staff. We are usually finished by noon, and we conclude each planting with a potluck lunch in the neighborhood for everyone involved!
Subsidized Prices
For most trees planted as part of a community planting, prices are subsidized. For new trees, the subsidized price is $75.00. To replace a tree planted through FUF, the subsidized price is also $75.00.
Would you like to plant a tree?
If you are interested in planting a tree through FUF, complete the form online on our Request a Tree page. We will let you know if your neighborhood is being organized for a tree planting and how you can get signed up. Also please download and complete the forms on our forms page to get you your tree sooner.
2012 by 2012
San Francisco Unified School District, in collaboration with FUF, SF Green Schoolyard Alliance, and the Mayor’s Office of Greening, is aiming to plant 2012 new trees in an around SF schools by 2012. They will serve as a visual sign of the District’s commitment to its students and the environment. Please click on the image below to find out more:
Schedule of Upcoming Plantings
Please visit our calendar to find out what plantings are coming up in the near future!
Philip's Garden Blog
Please click to read about our Castro Valentine's Day "Share the Love" Tree Planting in 2009.
The Lonely Robot Blog
Please click to read about a neighborhood planting in the Richmond District:
