Urban Forestry Project
Inspiring teamwork and partnerships to expand and preserve Saratoga’s urban forest
The trees in our urban forest are a critical component of the City’s infrastructure that essentially pay for themselves: they increase property values, reduce water pollution, improve air quality, support a variety of wildlife, enhance people’s quality of life, and provide an aesthetically pleasing homage to Saratoga’s vibrant history. The Urban Forestry Project works with homeowners and the City of Saratoga Springs to keep growing our urban tree canopy. If you don’t plant a #NextGenTree, who will?
Join us for Tree Toga 14 on April 26, 2025
Why plant trees?
Trees are a critical component of the City’s infrastructure that essentially pay for themselves. Trees are actually one of the most cost-effective parts of the urban infrastructure. Given the right space and a little care, trees pay us back in so many ways.
- Blog:Tree Toga Trees Diversify and Beautify our Urban Forest
- Trees Pay Us Back – Costs and benefits of urban trees (PDF)
- Trees are worth downtown’s investment – Wolff 2006 (PDF)
- Envisioning a Great Green City – The Nature Conservancy 2018
- Funding trees for health: an analysis for finance and policy actions to enable tree planting for public health – The Nature Conservancy (PDF)
You can make a difference
- Request a tree for your front yard or join us as a Tree Toga tree planter
- Email us at trees@sustainablesaratoga.org to volunteer to join our Urban Forestry team or ask a tree-related question
- Make a financial contribution to help us continue to advocate for preserving and expanding our urban forest
- Show us your trees! Post pictures of your trees on social media and tag with #NextGenTree
2023
Jeannette Dunn, to plant trees at Jefferson Terrace
Colin Faulds, to plant trees on Federal Street
Harvey’s Restaurant and Pub
Katarina Jaques
Thomas McNamara
Ronni Rosenfeld
The Whittenger fund of the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region
2022
Leslie Eckmann
Barbara Glaser
Harvey’s Restaurant and Pub
Paul Accettella
Kate Maynard
Sandy Robinson
2021
Susan Shanley
Joyce Synkes
Linda Whittle and Russell Pittenger
Sandy Robinson