Adams County Planting Partnership
A joint initiative of the Watershed Alliance, the Adams County Conservation District,
the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
—and you!
Seedling update
The Adams County Planting Partnership’s Spring 2024 native tree and shrub seedling distribution is complete.
Thanks to the help of some 80 energetic volunteers, we distributed more than 8,000 native tree and shrub seedlings from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership to local residents who requested them.
We’re already at work planning our Fall 2024 seedling distribution! Watch this space for more information and/or sign up to receive updates by email.
More trees=cleaner water.
The Adams County Planting Partnership is made possible by the resources of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, which aims to plant 10 million native trees and shrubs in Pennsylvania by 2025. Since we joined forces in 2018, we’ve grown from just 500 trees distributed in 2018 to more than 22,000 trees planted in Adams County by the end of 2024!
Our role is to help distribute native seedlings here in Adams County, to folks like you with anything from acres of land to a small backyard in need of some cooling shade.
How it works
You can participate in the Adams County Planting Partnership (formerly the ACCD Annual Tree Sale) by requesting free tree or shrub seedlings for planting on your property within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
The Planting Partnership reserves native trees and shrubs through the Chesapeake Bay Foundations's Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership to make available to landowners who wish to become our planting partners. Partners agree to share where the trees are planted and provide a picture of their planted trees and shrubs. Each tree and shrub will come with a plastic shelter tube, stake, zip-ties, and bird-netting. Partners may request up to 100 plants on a first-come, first-served basis. We’ll do our best to get you the seedlings you request, but we can’t guarantee requests.
