Bradford Pear Bounty Program Requirements
- Pre-registration is required.
- Tree removal is the homeowner’s responsibility. Several tree care service providers are offering discounts for those participating in the program (see below). Find a certified arborist here.
- This is an event-based program. Participants must attend at the location and date/time of the event to pick up their trees.
- Any North Carolina resident local to the event location is eligible.
- Only the homeowner can register and receive replacement trees.
- 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). 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.
- Up to five (5) trees can be exchanged at a one-to-one ratio for the removal of five (5) Bradford pears.
Tree Service Providers Offering Discounts
Several tree service providers are offering discounts for Bradford pear tree removals for those participating in this program. Thank you for your support!
- Carolina Tree Care: 15% discount for Bradford pear tree removals participating in this program
- Concord, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Matthews, Lake Tillery
- Heartwood Tree Services: 15% discount for Bradford pear tree removals participating in this program
- Charlotte, Asheville, Lake Norman
- CS Tree Services: 10% discount for Bradford pear tree removals participating in this program
- Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Fuquay Varina, Morrisville, Garner, Durham, Chapel Hill
Replacement Native Tree List
(Subject to availability and may differ between events)
(Subject to availability and may differ between events)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Red maple (Acer rubrum)
- Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)
- Serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.)
- Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
- Flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida)
- River birch (Betula nigra)
- Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
- American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- Tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Swamp blackgum (Nyssa biflora)
- Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)