Sycamore’s annual “Arbor Day Tree Giveaway” makes hundreds of free tree seedlings available to our community each Arbor Day to help everyone create beneficial native habitat at home.  Planting trees creates food and shelter for wildlife, absorbs carbon dioxide, and stores carbon in the soil. This year, Sycamore will distribute over 800 tree seedlings at two Arbor Day Tree Giveaways sponsored by IU Health. Thank you to our friends at Bloomingfoods Co-op Market for co-hosting this event and to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for growing the seedlings!

Arbor Day Tree Giveaway
Saturday, April 25, 2026
10am – 2pm

Bloomingfoods East
3220 E 3rd Street, Bloomington

Bloomingfoods Near West
316 W 6th Street, Bloomington

Available Tree Species (while supplies last):

Elderberry
Redbud
Persimmon
Gray dogwood
Ninebark
Red oak

Arbor Day is a global holiday to celebrate the planting, upkeep, preservation, and ecological importance of trees. Although some states celebrate Arbor Day at different times of year to ensure that the trees are in the best environment to thrive, the national observance falls on the last Friday in April.  This year, Arbor Day is on Friday, April 24, 2026. Our Arbor Day Tree Giveaway will be held on Saturday, April 25. To learn more about the importance of native plants in your yard, watch the recording of Sycamore’s virtual Zoom lecture and Q&A with Doug Tallamy, entomologist and author of Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard, available here on our website.

Download a PDF of planting instructions (with images and explanations)