TreeFolks

🌳✨ Celebrating 35 Years of TreeFolks! ✨🌳 On the Winter Solstice in 1988, a visionary group of Austinites came together, inspired by the need to address global warming and deforestation. They wondered: Could planting trees help our community and the planet? Just a month later, in January 1989, the first TreeFolks tree was planted, and by the end of that year, TreeFolks officially became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 35 years and 3 million trees later, we are still growing strong, working to create a greener, healthier future for Central Texas. 🌎💚 To everyone who has supported us on this journey—volunteers, donors, partners, and friends—we couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you for being part of the TreeFolks family! Here's to the next 35 years of planting hope and growing community. 🌱 #TreeFolks35 #3MillionTrees #GreenFuture #Gratitude

¡Plante árboles con nosotros! Ready, Set, Plant! traerá más de 1,000 árboles a Williamson Creek Greenbelt el 01/18/25. Estaremos allí de 9 AM a 1 PM, ¡Ayudenos a mejorar las areas verdes alrededor de Austin! Ready, Set, Plant! es un programa TreeFolks en asociación con la Ciudad de Austin Watershed Protection y el programa Keep Austin Beautiful Adopt-A-Creek. Este es un evento familiar y para todas las edades. Sin experiencia necesaria. TreeFolks llevará todas las herramientas y materiales necesarios. Regístrese para ser voluntario en treefolks.org/rsp Foto de Erika Rich

Come plant trees with us! The Ready, Set, Plant! will bring over 1,000 trees to Williamson Creek Greenbelt on 1/18/25! We will be there from 9a-1p, ready to make the greenbelt even greener! Ready, Set, Plant! is a TreeFolks program in partnership with the City of Austin Watershed Protection and Keep Austin Beautiful Adopt-A-Creek program. This is an all-ages, family-friendly event. No experience is necessary. TreeFolks will bring all the tools and materials needed. Sign up to volunteer at treefolks.org/rsp Photo by Erika Rich

Double Your Impact with TreeFolks! Did you know your employer may match your donation to TreeFolks? With a quick search through our new matching gift tool, you can turn one donation into twice the support for tree planting, green spaces, and environmental education in Central Texas. How it works: 1. Start your donation to TreeFolks. 2. Find your employer as a matching gift participant within our donation form. 3. That's it! Your impact is automatically doubled! Let’s work together to create a greener, healthier future for our community! Donate today: treefolks.org/matching

Comienza el año de la mejor manera: ¡Ayúdanos a plantar nuevos árboles en Austin! Acompáñenos en nuestro programa Ready, Set, Plant! plantando árboles jóvenes cerca de vías fluviales para generar nuevas zonas de cultivo llenas de plantas y árboles. Únase a nosotros el viernes 10/01/25, de 9 AM a 1 PM en Boggy Creek Greenbelt, 3117 Hargrave St, Austin, TX 78702. Ready, Set, Plant! es un programa TreeFolks en asociación con la Ciudad de Austin Watershed Protection y el programa Keep Austin Beautiful Adopt-A-Creek. Este es un evento familiar y para todas las edades. Sin experiencia necesaria. TreeFolks traerá todas las herramientas y materiales necesarios. Apúntese como voluntario en treefolks.org/rsp

Start the year the best way: Help us plant new trees in Austin! Join TreeFolks’ Ready, Set, Plant! program planting saplings near waterways to turn damaged creek areas into Grow Zones full of plants and trees! Join us on Friday, 1/10/25, from 9a-1p at Boggy Creek Greenbelt, 3117 Hargrave St, Austin, TX 78702. Ready, Set, Plant! is a TreeFolks program in partnership with the City of Austin Watershed Protection and Keep Austin Beautiful Adopt-A-Creek program. This is an all-ages, family-friendly event. No experience is necessary. TreeFolks will bring all the tools and materials needed. Sign up to volunteer at treefolks.org/rsp

As a member of EarthShare Texas, TreeFolks receives support from the nonprofit federation through unrestricted funding and capacity support. We are thrilled to be a part of their Green Leaders Fellowship 2025 cohort, and it is a privilege to introduce you to the Green Leader who will be amplifying the work of our organization over the course of the Fellowship. Cristen Andrews will document the nursery's processes through content creation and support with TreeFolks "Nursery of Nurseries" curriculum outline. Cristen will have the opportunity to work closely with our Nursery Manager, Vít Kašpar, gaining practical skills and knowledge in tree nursery operations. This initiative seeks to expand opportunities for early-career environmentalists while simultaneously addressing capacity limitations for nonprofits - a nuanced solution that addresses Green Workforce constraints while building the green leadership pipeline. Follow along at EarthShare Texas and @estxgreenleaders over Instagram!

Looking for ways to create local change? Help us plant over one thousand saplings! Join us on Saturday 12/7 from 9a-1p, at Janet Long Fish Park at 1419 Maier Drive, Austin, TX 78753. We will bring all the tools and materials needed, as well as coffee, and light refreshments. This is a family-friendly event and is part of our Ready, Set, Plant! program. This is a volunteer tree-planting effort planting 10,000 trees each year along Austin’s creeks and rivers. Register today at treefolks.org/rsp Ready, Set, Plant! is a partnership with the City of Austin and Keep Austin Beautiful. We educate volunteers on proper tree-planting techniques and riparian restoration. Some of the benefits of creekside planting include cooler water for aquatic life, erosion control, and filtering pollutants from stormwater.

🌳 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at the Austin Tree of the Year Awards ceremony yesterday! 🌟 Your love for our city’s trees is truly inspiring. Congratulations to our incredible winners in each category—you’ve made this celebration unforgettable! Stay tuned—winning trees and their stories will be live on our website soon! #AustinTreeOfTheYear #TreeLove #Community Thanks to the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department for their support and the Still Water Foundation for sponsoring the awards.

On October 27, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Annual Convention guests joined TreeFolks near Shoal Beach at Town Lake Metropolitan Park. ELFA volunteers arrived at 9 a.m. and worked until noon, enriching this green space and leaving a meaningful mark on Austin’s landscape. With your help, we planted over 500 trees and other native plants! We are so grateful to you all for showing up on a Sunday and working hard to get these plants in the ground. We are finally enjoying some rain this week after a long drought, so it seems we got these planted right on time! TreeFolks is deeply grateful for their support and for ELFA’s generous $13,000 donation, which will help sustain our mission of growing community through trees. Thank you, ELFA, for helping us make Austin Greener!