PLANT-A-TREE

For many years, National Garden Clubs, Inc. and the USDA Forest Service have maintained a partnership sustaining our national forests through the Plant-A-Tree program. Plant-A-Tree, formerly known as Penny Pines, is a reforestation and forest education program, funded both by donations and federal funds. Since it’s inception in 1941, the donations to the Plant-A-Tree project have, with the Forest Service, planted over 68 million trees. The donations are used by the Forest Service, along with additional Federal funds, to plant, or replant, areas that have been damaged or need forestation. And our contributions can be directed specifically to Mississippi, so the reforestation helps our own damaged areas and forests, as well as our economy.  

The Plant-A-Tree areas that are planted and supported by the Forest Service may be planted, not just with pines, but also with trees and plants indigenous to the specific area. The results are not only beauty, but all the benefits our forests bring to our environment, such as soil and watershed protection, soil stabilization, timber growth, and improved habitat. 

The Plant-A-Tree contributions starting from as little as of $50 to as large as $10,000.00, if you like, they can be made “In honor of . . . ” or “In memory of . . . ” individuals, themes, etc.

The donations we collect for the Plant-A-Tree program are sent to our state Treasurer, Celia Williamson, and she will send in the donations to the national Plant-A-Tree program. Those funds are used, along with federal funds, for reforestation by the USDA Forest Service. 

Your donations to Plant-A-Tree will help reforest Mississippi damaged areas, and support our state environment.

Thank you! 

If you have any questions or want more information, please contact 

Marsha Leigh Flynn 

4459534@gmail.com