Trees for Salmon by Swansons Nursery 206-782-2543 :: Restore salmon habitat with your purchase of a living Christmas tree :: Helping Seattle gardeners since 1924

Trees for Salmon

Purchase a living Christmas Tree from Swansons this Holiday season and help restore Salmon Habitat in Seattle.

In 1999, Swansons teamed up with the Carkeek Park Environmental Education Center every Holiday Season to help the ongoing effort to bring healthy salmon habitat back to Pipers Creek, our neighborhood watershed. In 2010, Swansons Nursery teamed up with The Green Seattle Partnership to to assist in the effort to restore 2500 acres of forested parkland by 2025. In 2011, we have expanded with King County Parks as well. Conifer trees and other native vegetation help salmon streams by reducing surface water runoff, lowering water temperature, and providing food and habitat for other beneficial critters. .

Your purchase of a “Sammy" medallion ($5) buys one native tree or shrub to be planted at Carkeek Park, King County Parks, and other nearby Green Seattle Partnership restoraton projects.

When you shop for a living Christmas tree this year, there are 4 ways to contribute:

Swansons Nursery is teaming up with The Green Seattle Partnership this holiday season to provide native plants for salmon restoration events in Seattle Parks.

1. Purchase any living Christmas tree, and Swansons will donate a native plant to be planted by volunteers at a restoration site with the Green Seattle Partnership.

2. Choose one of the Puget Sound native evergeen tree species we carry in 2 - 5 gal pots (marked with a “Donate This Tree" medallion above - Sorry Sold-Out 2011 Season) for your living Christmas tree *. After the holidays, you can return your native tree to Swansons, and it will be added to the restoration effort.
*Please pick up a “Living Christmas Tree Care" handout at Swansons to ensure a healthy tree to replant.

3. Purchase a $5.00 “Sammy" medallion at the cashier (to hang on your Christmas tree), or give as a meaningful gift and Swansons will add a native plant to the restoration effort.

4. VOLUNTEER! Sign up for a Green Seattle Partnership/Swansons Trees for Salmon Volunteer Event. Start 2012 off by lending a hand in a park to help install all of the donated plants.

Each year, our Trees for Salmon campaign has been a great success, contributing trees and shrubs annually to the parks. In 2010, 325 1 gallon and larger plants were donated for salmon restoration to local area parks. Donate a plant and/or consider signing up for our planting party on Saturday, January 21 2012 and make a difference in the neighborhood!

Check out our living "Trees for Salmon" here!

Trees for Salmon Planting Party - Jan. 21st, 2012 - 9am - 12pm
Info and signup at Swansons Nursery or at the Green Seattle Partnership website.

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