Adams County Planting Partnership
A joint initiative of the Watershed Alliance, the Adams County Conservation District,
the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
—and you!
Spring 2025 Free Tree Seedling Distribution
We are no longer accepting requests for seedlings.
Please check back in September 2025 for another opportunity.
We will offer a TREE FOR ALL on Saturday, April 12th at 12:30 pm for the general public. There will be a limited number of seedlings available (those that were requested but were not picked up).
SEEDLING PICK UP INSTRUCTIONS
Those that have successfully submitted a seedling request will receive a confirmation email from waactivity@gmail.com during the week of April 1st with instructions.
Pick-up dates: (There are NO alternate pick up dates)
Thursday, April 10th- 2 to 7 PM
Saturday, April 12th- 9 AM to Noon
Saturday, April 12th- 12:30 to 1:30 PM- TREE FOR ALL- open to all. TREE for ALL has a VERY limited number of seedlings (those that were requested but not picked up.)
Seedlings and supplies will be distributed at the
Adams County Agricultural and Natural Resources Center
670 Old Harrisburg Rd
Gettysburg, PA. 17325
Contact email with questions: waactivity@gmail.com
TIME TO START PLANTING! Instructions can be found on our website. Be sure to keep them happy throughout the summer….they will be thirsty.
There will be no alternate dates for pick up. If you cannot pick up on April 10th or 12th. If you find after submitting your request that you will not be available for pickup please let us know ASAP so the seedlings can be redistributed.
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 87,000 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.
