Support Mountain View Trees

Through your donations and your time, you can help sustain and enhance the trees of the City of Mountain View. Donations of any size are very welcome. Donating to Mountainview Trees is a way to further our programs of Stewardship, Education and Tree Advocacy. Thanks to our relationship with Canopy, gifts to Mountain View Trees may be tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

How You Can Help Support Mountain View Trees

All of the MVT events are free to the public. There is a cost for operating, however, even with such dedicated volunteers. Expanding the programs to homeowners, adding residential planting events and preparing Tree Walk materials requires funding. Please help us make Mountain View an even more beautiful place to live and walk. Your donations will help assure the future success of our programs as we invest in the future of our community.

Please support the continued growth of Mountain View Trees.

Our suggested donation levels are listed below, and any amount will be well used, and very much appreciated.

 

$50 - Acorn $100 - Sapling $250 - Oak


Please take a moment today to donate online here

or if you prefer, send your check made out to

Canopy/Mountain View Trees
PO Box 893
Mountain View, CA 94042

 

Thanks to our relationship with Canopy, gifts to Mountain View Trees may be tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

We look forward to seeing you at future Mountain View Trees events!

Trees are an integral part of our heritage and our future

A city that is well shaded by a forest canopy has many benefits to offer. These include:

More moderate temperatures:
Trees reduce heat islands, shade our home and offices in the summer, and provide windbreaks, which keep us warmer in the winter.

Increased community:
People spend more time outside in areas with lots of trees, and know more of their neighbors.

Improved health:
Many studies show that spending time with trees helps people recover from illness more quickly, reduce stress, and lower blood pressure.

Higher real estate values:
For residential properties landscaped with trees, and business districts lined with trees are more vibrant and attract more customers.

Mountain View Trees tree planting event

Calendar of Events

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October 2nd, 2011

Sunday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Farmers' Market, Train Station

Location: Downtown Mountain View, Caltrain Station parking lot at 600 West Evelyn Ave.

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Come visit our table at the Farmers' Market, meet some of our volunteers and find out more about the trees that keep our city so beautiful.

Tree-Themed Children's
Face-Painting!

This event repeats every other month on the first Sunday until Saturday December 31, 2011.

Spring, 2012
Saturday, 10:00 am - 11:30 pm

Children's & Adult's
Tree Walks

Location: To be announced

There are typically two tree walks on Saturdays. One for adults, and one for parents with their children.

Children welcome with a
parent or guardian.

Summer, 2012
Saturday, 10:00 am - 11:30 pm

Tree Selection Workshop

Location: To be announced

Parking: To be announced

Speakers:  Certified Arborists

No experience necessary

Certified Arborists collaborate to provide important decision information and selection criteria.

You will learn a methodical approach for your tree selection process.

  • Learn tree selection info in a nursery setting.
  • Discuss the difference between boxed, field grown, B&B, or container stock.
  • Find out the questions you need to ask.
  • Discuss installation methods.
  • Benefits:
         - Reduce your carbon footprint
         - Improve your land
         - Enrich your community

Bring your questions for our arborists!

  • Should you pick a tree with a skinny trunk or a thick one?
  • Is it better to have all the branches at the top of the tree or to have the branches distributed down the trunk?
  • How do you know if a tree will have girdling roots?

Summer, 2012
Saturday, 10:00 am - 11:30 pm

Young Tree Care
Workshop & Survey

Location: to be announced

Speakers:  Certified Arborists

No experience necessary

Learn how to increase the survival rate of young trees, and participate in fostering the success of Mountain View's urban forest.

Young tree care is especially important to ensure tree survival and promote a healthy, sustainable urban forest.

Mountain View Trees is offering a new Young Tree Care Workshop to provide you with valuable information about caring for newly-planted trees in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Join the Survey Team immediately following the workshop. Mountain View Trees will provide all the materials needed for you to survey a portion of this year's selection of recently-planted street trees.
You will receive addresses, survey forms, and door hangars containing tree care information to leave at each residence where a young city street tree is surveyed.

Once trained, you will walk your neighborhood on your own schedule, checking young trees for specific conditions to ensure their proper care. Then you will submit your survey results by mail and we will report to the City how those trees are doing.