Activities
In addition to its planting programs, Growing Friends educates the public and decision makers, and encourages and assists local government.
These activities have included*:
- Memorial Tree Program*
- Boulevard Tree Program*
- Grants Program
- Annually placing a “tree care” insert in the City’s water bill mailing*
- Sponsoring Arbor Day plantings
- Assisting local government – in the development of ordinances and tree-funding mechanisms.
- Publishing “Putting Down Roots” – a 64-page tree selection and care handbook for the Helena.
- Co-sponsoring Trash For Trees – a semi-annual recycling event (1990-2011) which Growing Friends organized for 20 years*
*denotes programs that are currently on pause, retired or has changed over the past few years
