New York
Tree rebates and free trees in New York
5 programs in New York pay residents for trees. 1 list themselves as open now.
Utilities, cities and state forestry agencies give away trees or rebate part of the price, mostly to add shade on the south and west sides of homes. Free-tree programs often deliver a young tree in a 5-gallon pot and ask you to plant and water it.
5 programs
- Open
NYC Parks Neighborhood Tree Planting (Free Street Trees)
NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
Free street tree, planted and cared for by Parks contractors
- Seasonal
Monroe County SWCD Conservation Tree & Shrub Program
Monroe County Soil & Water Conservation District
Low-cost seedlings (prices in the district's catalog and fee schedule, not fetched)
- Seasonal
NYS DEC Saratoga Tree Nursery Spring Seedling Sale
NYS DEC Saratoga Tree Nursery
2026: conifers mostly 25 for $25; hardwoods mostly 25 for $30 (100 for $90); shrubs 25 for $25; Pollinator Packet 30 plants $35; Wildlife Habitat and Riparian packets 100 plants $80
- Status not posted
Save the Rain Tree Planting (Adopt-a-Tree)
Onondaga County Save the Rain with City of Syracuse Arborist
Tree planting, cost to resident not stated on page
- Ended
PSEG Long Island Earth Month Free Energy-Saving Trees
PSEG Long Island with the Arbor Day Foundation, Suffolk County and PSEG Foundation
One free tree per participant (500 trees total); species listed: river birch, flowering dogwood, red oak, American elm, Japanese cedar
Other New York programs
- Rain barrels and cisterns 4
- Rain gardens and stormwater projects 2
- Native plants and pollinator habitat 1
- Compost and mulch 1
Sow is not affiliated with any of these agencies or utilities. Amounts and rules change, often at the start of a fiscal year, so confirm the details on the official page before you start a project. How we research these programs
Plan the project before you apply
Sow lays out your new planting on a photo of your yard and builds the plant list from plants suited to where you live.