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Tree Planting Guide
A tree is most vulnerable during its first few years after transplant. Support your young tree’s health and survival with...
Caring for Maturing Trees
Urban foresters use the concept of PEGSMOR to understand the needs of a tree over its lifespan. PEGSMOR stands for...
Caring for Newly Planted Trees
A tree is most vulnerable during its first few years after transplant. Support your young tree’s health and survival with...
Tree Spacing Guidelines
SPACING: Trees need room to grow. Your planting site(s) must meet the following spacing requirements: Medium to Large Trees: shall be spaced thirty-five...
Turf Reduction
As climate change brings extreme heat and long periods of drought, outdoor water use and nonessential turf become water hogs,...
Trust for Public Land: Schoolyards
Over 28 million kids in America don’t have a park within a 10-minute walk of home. A solution is hiding...
It’s In Denver’s Nature
Sustaining Denver’s urban forest takes a city, and we are proud to work alongside the Denver Parks and Recreation. In 2023,...
Front Range Tree Recommendation
This list is intended to assist those involved in the selecting of trees, with the ultimate goal of a healthy,...
Community Greening Projects
The Park People works in partnership with residents and community partners throughout Denver’s communities. Through special community-led and community-engaged greening projects,...
Pruning Project
Complimentary Neighborhood Tree Pruning The Park People and the Denver Forestry Office are delighted to work in partnership with our...
Be A Smart Ash
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an invasive beetle that threatens to kill 15% of Denver’s trees – some 330,000...
CASR CheatSheet
One‑page PDF of local conservation and sustainability programs.
