Get free trees for your neighborhood

The city wants to give you trees to beautify your block.

The Tree Fund, which is part of the Neighborhood Matching Fund, provides trees for neighbors to plant in the planting strip. A neighborhood group of at least five households can apply for ten to forty trees from a list provided by the City Arborist. To match the city’s contribution of free trees, the neighbors must organize the planting of the trees. This year you can also get a free fruit tree for your own yard. The application deadline is August 21. This sounds like a great topic of conversation for tomorrow’s Night Out Against Crime. Neighbors are putting their block party details here.

Just a reminder that tonight is the Neighborhood Matching Fund workshop for those interested in applying for the Small & Simple Project Fund. The workshop is being held at the Ballard library from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.