Tis' the season.

But for the person who has absolutely, positively everything you might as well give the gift of a tree. Now's the chance to have a tree planted in a City of Spokane Park in honor of a person, family, group or business. For $350, Spokane Urban Forestry’s Team Lorax will plant a tree in a Spokane city park. It’s a pretty unique gift that will keep on giving.

Click HERE to purchase a tree. 

The money will go to the Urban Branches fund, a collaborative effort with The Lands Council. 

Here's some background:

The goals of TLC's Urban Forestry program are to enhance Spokane's tree canopy, restore degraded lands, and build knowledge, awareness, and an appreciation of the urban forest on the part of the community. To this end, TLC works closely with Spokane Urban Forestry. In 2011, we signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and created a new program called "Urban Branches." Urban Branches represents a collective effort to maximize our two organizations' mutual goals and objectives in enhancing Spokane's urban forest canopy.

The key feature of Urban Branches is a fund dedicated wholly to City-wide tree planting projects. This allows individuals to make tax deductible contributions-as memorials, gifts, dedications, or donations-that directly support tree planting efforts in the City of Spokane.

As mentioned on the site, one of the efforts supported by Urban Branches is The Susie Forest. Susie Stephens was a well-known bicycle and pedestrian safety advocate who served as the Executive Director of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington in Seattle from 1994 to 1998. In 2002, she was killed after being struck by a bus while walking across the street in a crosswalk in St. Louis. You can read more about the The Susie Forest at susieforest.com. 

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