Planting and Promoting a Healthy Community. The many benefits of trees...

Name: Tree Lafayette
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Providing education, leadership, and inspiration in planting and caring for trees. Trees provide many benefits to individuals, neighborhoods, the community, and the environment. - - - - Trees are so beautiful, and they provide a calming effect within us. We need to take care of and protect the trees/forests that we currently have and plant many more.

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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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Monthly Saturday Morning Volunteer Pruning Events in Lafayette, Indiana

May 9, 2026 - November 7, 2026 • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Varies each month

Tree pruning events held the first Saturday morning of each month beginning at 9:00 am (May through November). Contact info@treelafayette.org for more information. Learn to prune trees.

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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 5,000 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. Some area schools, organizations and companies have also received recognition.

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

Read our Tree Lafayette 2025 Annual Report

View the report to see what happened, what was accomplished, data and information, pictures, people, events, etc. Click Here to read the full report.

Arbor Day Celebration and Tree Planting Event is coming up – Join us to help plant trees

The 2026 Arbor Day Celebration and Tree Planting Event will be held outside in the morning on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Community volunteers will plant approximately 62 trees along Commanche Trail in Lafayette. Trees have many benefits for the neighborhood, the community, and the environment. Join us for some fresh air, fun, exercise, and satisfaction that you are helping […]

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