HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpring 2025 Tree Sale Press ReleaseContact: Kate Heimel, Communications Intern
Phone 952-826-0304 • commintern2@EdinaMN.gov • EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Spring Tree Sale Now Open
Edina, Minn., March 19, 2025 – Edina residents and property owners can purchase one or two new trees at less than half their cost during Edina’s spring tree sale.
Trees are $50 each and will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. Limit two trees per Edina address.
This sale features a total of 250 trees. Another 250 will be available at the fall tree sale.
At pickup, which will be in May, most trees will be 4 to 8 feet tall, so they have a healthy start, but still are easy to plant into a yard. All are climate adaptable and grow well in
Minnesota.
Buyers can choose among these trees:
Flowering trees: Royal Raindrops Crabapple, Serviceberry
Deciduous: Autumn Treasure Ironwood, Kinder Spirit Oak, Presidential Gold Ginkgo, Kentucky Coffeetree, Sunburst Honeylocust
Conifers: Fat Albert Blue Spruce, Eastern Red Cedar, Swiss Stone Pine, Tamarack, White Pine, Northern White Cedar
Small to Mid-size: Taylor Juniper, Techny Arborvitae
Photos and detailed descriptions of each, including size and tips on where to plant them, can be found on the tree sale website at bit.ly/edinatreesale.
Purchased trees will be available for pickup 2 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 9 or 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 10. The pickup will be Braemar Golf Dome, 7420 Braemar Blvd. Buyers who can’t make
those times can have another person pick up their trees. All trees will come with planting information and a complimentary bag of mulch, courtesy of Tree Trust. The City of Edina is
also providing a free bag of compost made from the City’s curbside organics recycling program.
The sale is in partnership with Tree Trust and is part of reaching the City’s Climate Action Plan goal to increase the tree canopy from 36% to 43% by 2040.
“This tree sale will help add diversity to our urban canopy. It's a great way for us to get trees back in the neighborhoods and helps maintain that neighborhood character that Edina
is known for,” said City Forester Luther Overholt.
Another 300 trees will get added to the City’s tree canopy during Arbor Day celebrations. Volunteers will plant trees across Braemar Golf Course starting at 10 a.m. Friday, April 25.
Details and signup is to be announced soon.
To learn more about the tree sale or preview it, visit bit.ly/edinatreesale.
Overholt can be reached at Loverholt@EdinaMN.gov or 952-826-0308.
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Edina, Minn., March 19, 2025 – Edina residents and property owners can purchase one or two new trees at less than half their cost during Edina’s spring tree sale.
Trees are $50 each and will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. Limit two trees per Edina address.
This sale features a total of 250 trees. Another 250 will be available at the fall tree sale.
At pickup, which will be in May, most trees will be 4 to 8 feet tall, so they have a healthy start, but still are easy to plant into a yard. All are climate adaptable and grow well in
Minnesota.
Buyers can choose among these trees:
Flowering trees: Royal Raindrops Crabapple, Serviceberry
Deciduous: Autumn Treasure Ironwood, Kinder Spirit Oak, Presidential Gold Ginkgo, Kentucky Coffeetree, Sunburst Honeylocust
Conifers: Fat Albert Blue Spruce, Eastern Red Cedar, Swiss Stone Pine, Tamarack, White Pine, Northern White Cedar
Small to Mid-size: Taylor Juniper, Techny Arborvitae
Photos and detailed descriptions of each, including size and tips on where to plant them, can be found on the tree sale website at bit.ly/edinatreesale.
Purchased trees will be available for pickup 2 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 9 or 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 10. The pickup will be Braemar Golf Dome, 7420 Braemar Blvd. Buyers who can’t make
those times can have another person pick up their trees. All trees will come with planting information and a complimentary bag of mulch, courtesy of Tree Trust. The City of Edina is
also providing a free bag of compost made from the City’s curbside organics recycling program.
The sale is in partnership with Tree Trust and is part of reaching the City’s Climate Action Plan goal to increase the tree canopy from 36% to 43% by 2040.
“This tree sale will help add diversity to our urban canopy. It's a great way for us to get trees back in the neighborhoods and helps maintain that neighborhood character that Edina
is known for,” said City Forester Luther Overholt.
Another 300 trees will get added to the City’s tree canopy during Arbor Day celebrations. Volunteers will plant trees across Braemar Golf Course starting at 10 a.m. Friday, April 25.
Details and signup is to be announced soon.
To learn more about the tree sale or preview it, visit bit.ly/edinatreesale.
Overholt can be reached at Loverholt@EdinaMN.gov or 952-826-0308.
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