Grow a brighter future by planting native trees
Grow the count by planting native trees, apply for free native trees from our marketplace, or access our support for planters around New Zealand.
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Add your trees
Whether you’ve planted just a few trees at a school, hundreds in your community or thousands in a large scale project, tell us! Every single tree helps grow the count.
Apply for trees
Need more trees for your planting project? We’d love to help! Planters who have added trees to our count and who meet our high quality standards can apply for free trees from our marketplace. Please read this guide before you apply.
Get local support
Our Regional Advisors can give on the ground support to planters, whether you need help to get started or you want to talk about scaling up your existing project.
Monitor your trees
Monitoring the health of your trees is just as important as planting. Log-in to add monitoring data for trees you’ve added or received from Trees That Count.
How applying for trees works
- Register or log-in to add native trees you’ve planted to the count
- Apply for native trees from our marketplace. Find tips for your application here
- Tell us what’s great about your project and how many trees you need
- We’ll let you know if we can help, and ask you to get a quote from your preferred local nursery
- We approve the costs and usually pay your nursery direct
- You collect your trees from the nursery and get planting!
- You care for your trees and provide us with annual monitoring data (it’s super easy!)
- We’ll help promote your work. Make sure your planter profile is up to date so we can share your story.
Planting native trees is one of the most powerful actions we can take to combat climate change, protect our beautiful landscapes, waterways and forests for future generations.
TIPS
Applying for trees
Find out more about the support we can provide if you’re making an application for trees.
RESOURCES
Videos and guides
Get your planting projects off to a great start with our handy resource section.
PROFILE
Your impact
Your contribution is profiled on your own page and on the planter leaderboard.
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More native trees in the ground means greater biodiversity, cleaner waterways, thriving industries and stronger communities.
