Program Guidelines
- There are two different tree packages. Each comes with a 1-year warranty.
- Caring Canopy Package - This $500 package includes the purchase and installation of a potted or balled and burlapped tree at a location of your choosing from our list of pre-approved planting locations, a donor plaque and certificate.
- Strong Roots Package - This $300 package includes the purchase and installation of a bare root tree at an SBLC nature preserve, a certificate, GPS coordinates of where the tree is planted.
- Trees must be purchased through the SBLC and can be done so at any time throughout the year. However, the trees will only be planted in the spring and fall of each calendar year, based on local planting seasons. Trees purchased September through February will be planted in the spring. Trees planted March through August will be planted in the fall.
- As the purchaser of a Caring Canopy package, you may choose the park or nature preserve based on available planting locations. However the exact location of the tree will be determined by the SBLC.
- A permanent record of all trees will be kept at the SBLC. Once the planting is completed, you will receive a certificate suitable for framing, including the honoree name, donor name, occasion, date, the location of the tree, tree species and number of trees you have helped plant.
- Tree species will be selected by SBLC staff to best fit the location and to encourage a diverse and healthy tree canopy. Possible species are: White Pine, Red Maple, White Oak, or Serviceberry.
- The Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy, City of Bay City, including the Parks Division, or Saginaw County are not responsible for damage to the tree as a result of weather or vandalism.
- The Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy does not guarantee the lifespan of a tree donation past the 1-year warranty period.
- The SBLC will remove diseased and non-living trees at their discretion.
- The Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy cannot accept trees purchased outside of the framework listed.
