Pre-registration is required (click registration box above).
Tree removal is the homeowner’s responsibility. Several tree care service providers are offering discounts for those participating in the program. See the removal discounts page for more information.
This is an event-based program. Participants MUST attend at the location and date/time of the event to pick up their trees.
Only the homeowner can register and receive replacement trees.
Any North Carolina resident is eligible.
A before and after photo must be brought to the event (i.e., a picture of the tree standing and a picture of the tree on the ground/cut). If the tree was not flowering when cut, an additional photo with a close up of the leaves or bark is required.
Replacement trees are free, native, and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
One native tree is exchanged for each Bradford/Callery pear tree removal. Up to five (5) trees can be exchanged.
Funding for this project was provided in part through a USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry Grant from the North Carolina Forest Service, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the USDA Forest Service. This institution is an equal opportunity employer.
This work is supported by the Renewable Resources Extension Act (RREA), project award no. 7009029, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.