TD Tree Days | About TD Tree Days

Over 390,000 trees planted and counting!

As TD’s flagship volunteer and urban greening program, TD Tree Days provides TD employees, their families and friends, and community, the opportunity to volunteer and help build healthy, vibrant communities by caring for their local environment.

We work with dozens of organizations, including ACTrees and New York Restoration Project(NYRP), which support TD Tree Days with technical expertise to ensure that the right tree is properly planted in the right place.

TD Tree Days is contributing The Ready Commitment's target of planting 1 million trees by 2030. Since the program launched in 2010, over 390,000 native trees and shrubs have been planted with the help of volunteers across the country.

If you are unable to join us on site, follow the action on Instagram and Twitter at #TDTreeDays.

The Ecological Value of Forests

Healthy forests and urban canopies play important roles in maintaining a healthy planet. By participating in TD Tree Days volunteers actively support forest stewardship, while making a tangible contribution to the well-being of their community and environment.

In addition to their important economic, cultural and recreational value, the ecological value of forests is vital. Forests provide critical ecosystem services, including ¹:

Capturing solar energy and create oxygen
Moderating local and regional climates
Storing water and affect water table
Developing and condition soils
Storing and recycling nutrients
Providing essentials of life to birds, fish and other wildlife
Adding to the planet’s biodiversity
Tempering the effects of global warming
Acting as carbon reservoirs

Similarly, urban canopies provide a broad array of well-known environmental, economic, and social benefits, including ²:

Sequestering of gaseous air pollutants and particulates.
Energy conservation through cooling, shade, and wind reduction
Storm-water attenuation
Noise buffering
Provision of wildlife habitat