Free or low-cost plants and services
State code prevents jurisdictions from providing goods and services directly to private landowners, so these usually go through intermediaries (e.g. EcoAction Arlington, Fairfax ReLeaf)
Jurisdictions can provide services directly to common interest properties.
Soil and Water Districts and Virginia Department of Forestry do not have this restriction.
Free Trees
Arlington County Tree Distribution
(2-4 feet tall)
Community plant giveaway program
Local ecotype plants for volunteer groups
Donors also needed
Fairfax ReLeaf seedling distribution and planting Contact Taylor Beach trees@fairfaxreleaf.org, 703-324-1409
Seedling giveaways to students in the Dominion Power catchment area
Tree Preservation and Planting Fund
Tree planting grants available for planting on any land officially designated as open common space, including schools, HOAs, condo associations, faith communities in Fairfax County. You do not need to be a 501c3. The grant pays for everything including watering, but it is a reimbursement grant - you have to pay yourself up front.
Low Cost Trees
Wholesale nurseries that will provide trees at wholesale prices to groups doing plantings on community property
Contact Matt Deivert
Contact Michael LaPorte
(Not all the trees are native. Check here to see if a species is native to Virginia.)
For a $10 membership fee, receive 10 flowering tree seedlings from the Arbor Day Foundation.
McLean Tree Foundation $50 larger caliper tree planting:
Commercial tree seedling sources
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Native Plant Nursery - CAROLINA WETLAND SERVICES (cws-inc.net)
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Plant Availabitliy - Ornamental Grass Nursery - Native Roots Nursery NC
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Tree grower of quality seedlings and transplants (musserforests.com)
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Home - Schumacher's Nursery & Berry Farm (schumachersnursery.com)
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Tubelings aka seedlings in soil (they also sell larger stock)
Free Services
Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners – Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William
Forest management plans
For Fairfax and Arlington counties, contact Jim McGlone.
For Loudoun County, contact Jordan Herring. For Prince William County, contact Lindsey Long.
Free wood chips at Chipdrop.
