Cherry Hill tree giveaway
Cherry Hill Township is planning to hand out hundreds of trees for planting on homes and public property, with about 200 residents expected to take part on Perina Boulevard on the last Saturday of April. (70and73.com) It’s a practical neighborhood program aimed at greening streets and encouraging local stewardship — worth a calendar note if you want a free sapling. (70and73.com)
Cherry Hill is turning one April weekend into a tree-planting push: a free street tree giveaway is set for Friday, April 25, 2026, from 8 a.m. to noon, and a separate seedling giveaway follows on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to noon. (chnj.gov) The Friday event is for Cherry Hill homeowners who want a street tree, and the township says each household can get one tree while supplies last. Households that already received a tree in 2025 are not eligible this year. (chnj.gov) The Saturday event is a different format: 300 tube seedlings will be handed out first-come, first-served at Croft Farm, 100 Bortons Mill Road. The township lists that giveaway as for Cherry Hill residents only. (chnj.gov) Cherry Hill is grouping these events under a program called Branching Out, which also includes volunteer planting days on April 18, April 26, and May 2. The township’s public page frames the whole month as a push to “restore shade on our streets” and add trees in open spaces. (chnj.gov) This did not come out of nowhere. Cherry Hill adopted a tree ordinance in 2022 that requires permits for tree removal and lets the township collect money into a tree fund or require replacement planting when trees come down. (ecode360.com) Township notices say that tree fund now helps pay for replenishment in open spaces and also helps cover the free tree program for residents. In other words, the rules on cutting trees are being used to finance new planting on streets and in public land. (chnj.gov) Cherry Hill has run this play before. Earlier coverage of Branching Out said the township planned 120 trees in 13 public spaces while residents also received hundreds of seedlings for their own properties. (patch.com) For residents, the practical detail is simple: Friday, April 25 is the registered street-tree giveaway, and Saturday, April 26 is the walk-up seedling handout at Croft Farm. If you want the larger street tree, the township says applying does not guarantee one, because distribution depends on funding and some applicants may be waitlisted. (chnj.gov) The result is a very local kind of climate and streetscape policy: one ordinance from 2022, one township tree fund, one month of volunteer plantings, and hundreds of new trees moving into yards, curbsides, and open spaces in April 2026. (ecode360.com)
