The Cumberland River Compact more than doubled the number of trees planted over the course of one season.

Planting 500,000 trees in Nashville requires a lot of partners, including contractors. We love to support small businesses growing their tree work! Meet one of our preferred partners: business owner Deviest Patton of Superlative Lawn Pros.

In recent years, trees have received a lot of attention as solutions for the climate crisis. But just how effective a strategy is tree planting in combating climate change?

Originally from Ukraine, Danylo is a long-time Nashvillian who has served his neighborhood of Woodbine across multiple seasons as a Neighborhood Planting Captain.

This past year, the Cumberland River Compact offered a new opportunity in support of their Root Nashville campaign: grants for nonprofits to apply for tree-planting projects on private property. These grants allowed us the opportunity to work with the wonderful nonprofit Progress, Inc. on a project planting 25 large trees on their headquarters.

George Acklin of Parkwood might be “retired” but he keeps busy, always for the improvement of his city and neighborhood – tree canopy included.

Tranyce Parmer is a native Nashvillian with a strong connection to community and nature. Read more about her and her experience as a Neighborhood Planting Captain in this Q&A.

Outstanding volunteer Ryan Bell encouraged his neighbors to sign up for trees — and then kept going.

The new species selections for our current Neighborhood Planting Captains are here!