Forms for Tree Planting and Replacement Trees

FUF Letter of Agreement (and Planter Information Sheet)

DPW Tree Planting Application Form

If you would like to participate in a FUF planting, please, click on the above links, and print and and fill out both forms. (These links open .pdf files, and require that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.) If you would prefer to have the forms mailed or faxed to you, please email us or call (415) 561-6890 x103.

Please give your completed and signed forms to your volunteer Neighborhood Organizer. If there is no organizer in your area, then please mail the forms directly to:

Friends of the Urban Forest
P.O. Box 29456
San Francisco, CA 94129-0456

Planting Through 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, go to Planting Solo for more information on filing a permit with the City of San Francisco, digging a hole and planting the tree yourself.

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 single trees (just groups), and 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!

If you are interested in planting a tree through FUF:

1. Call the office at (415) 561-6890, extension 101 -- or complete the form online on our Sign Up to Plant page. We will let you know if your neighborhood is being organized for a tree planting and how you can get signed up. If there isn't anyone organizing your neighborhood, then we will put your name in our database and you will be called if someone starts organizing your area (please leave your full name, tree address, mailing address if different, and phone number).

2. You can also download, complete, and mail the FUF Letter of Agreement and the DPW Tree Planting Application forms availalble on the left. (The same procedure as outlined above will take place.)



Tree Replacement Program

If you have an empty basin, replacement trees are available through our program.

If you need to remove a tree:

1) Get a city permit to remove the tree. The City states that a permit is required before any tree – alive, dead or hazardous – can be removed.
http://www.sfgov.org/site/sfdpw_index.asp?id=75403

2) Have the tree and stump removed. Here is a list of arborists we refer for the work: http://www.fuf.net/tree_care/aborist_referrals.html

Print out and complete the FUF Letter of Agreement and the DPW Tree Planting Application forms available on the left side of this page.

Mail the completed forms with a check for $130 per tree to

FUF
ATTN: REPLACEMENT PLANTING
PO Box 29456
San Francisco CA 94129

The replacement cost includes the tree, the stakes and ties, volunteers to help plant the tree, and 2 follow up visits in the first 18 months.

Once we have the forms and check in hand, we will contact you about the logistics of planting. We do replacement plantings every couple of months.

For more information about replacement plantings, please contact Heidi at (415) 561-6890 x110.