Planting and Promoting a Healthy Community.

Providing education, leadership, and inspiration in planting and caring for trees. Trees provide many benefits to individuals, neighborhoods, the community, and the environment.

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Upcoming Events

Participate in any of our upcoming events to promote a healthy, sustainable community with Tree Lafayette.

Check out our weekly events on Wednesday mornings and our monthly pruning events on the first Saturday of each month.

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2025 Earth Day Celebration

April 22, 2025 • 10:00 am - 11:30 am
McCaw Park

Earth Day is widely observed around the world, marked by more than a billion people every year as a day of action to change human behavior and create global, national and local policy changes.

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2025 Arbor Day Celebration and Tree Planting

May 3, 2025 • 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Pipers Glen Drive

Outdoor event on Pipers Glen Drive. Must pre-register to participate. Arrive between 8:30am and 9:00am and meet at the corner of Pipers Glen Drive and Crown Lane. Parking is available along Pipers Glen Drive. Information and to Pre-register at https://www.treelafayette.org/resource/arbor-day/

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Weekly Wednesday Morning Volunteer Tree Care Events in Lafayette, Indiana

May 7, 2025 - November 12, 2025 • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location varies each week

Tree care events are held every Wednesday morning, May through October, to prune, mulch, or water trees. Volunteer to help prune and care for trees. Contact info@treelafayette.org for additional information.

Volunteer opportunities available

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About Us

Tree Lafayette plants and maintains trees primarily on public property or rights-of-way (mainly along streets) in Lafayette, Indiana and educates about and promotes trees. Since our beginning in 1993, Tree Lafayette has planted more than 4,600 trees in the Greater Lafayette, Indiana community. We need volunteers to help plant and care for trees and for our committees which support our operations. Lafayette is recognized as a Tree City USA and a Tree City of the World.

See our About Trees tab for information about trees and the many benefits of trees. See our Interesting Info tab for information about invasive species, climate change, local wooded areas, forest bathing, and more.

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In The News

Tree Lafayette 2024 Annual Meeting was held on November 12, 2024

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Guest speaker, Amanda Estes, presented the purpose and programs of the Tippecanoe Invasive Cooperative Taskforce (TICT).

See photo of the speaker, Amanda. TICT is a partnership organization created to address the issue of invasive species in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Partners include government agencies, non-profits and local citizens. TICT prevents, controls and reduces the impact of invasive species in Tippecanoe County through community education and action. Facebook: TippecanoeInvasiveCooperativeTaskforce

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