Growing Friends (GF) conducts its own planting projects, including the Boulevard Tree Program, and makes grants to support others through its Grant Program. GF also recruits and organizes volunteers for planting projects, and provides design and planting advice.

Planting Project Criteria

GF has adopted Planting Project Criteria to help it evaluate and prioritize possible projects.

• Planting Project Criteria

Grants Program

This program has made matching grants of almost $100,000 for projects throughout the Helena area. For more information, read the Grant Program Guidelines and Application Form, or contact the program coordinators, Nancy Nicholson or James Driggers.

• Grant Guidelines
• Grant Application Form

Boulevard Tree Program

This program has planted over 500 trees in “boulevard” strips (the dirt area between a sidewalk and a street) of residential streets. For more information, read the Boulevard Tree Program Brochure, or contact the program coordinator, Bob Throssell.

Growing Friends Projects

Each year GF conducts a number of its own planting projects. For a sense of the diversity of locations where GF has been involved in plantings, see the cumulative record of its Accomplishments.

Other Plantings

In addition GF has ongoing commitments to help fund plantings: on Arbor Day in a City park and at a school; at each new house constructed by Habitat for Humanity or the Salvation Army; and, when requested, of trees as part of the City’s Memorial Tree Program. For more information on the City’s Memorial Tree Program contact Carol Kirkland with the City Parks Department at 447-8463.