PROVIDENCE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANTING PROGRAM

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, 02903-0000 United States

Mission Statement

Our mission is to plant, steward, and advocate for trees in Providence. We do this by providing free street trees to Providence residents through our Neighborhood Street Tree Planting Awards, by training and empowering people to become Providence Community Tree Keepers, and by fostering individual and collective engagement with our Urban Forest.

About This Cause

The Providence Neighborhood Planting Program (PNPP) is a street tree planting partnership between the Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Providence Neighborhood Planting Program Fund, the City of Providence, and the residents of Providence. Since 1989, PNPP has co-funded the planting of over 13,000 street trees through the efforts of over 620 neighborhood groups. This effort has helped us to gradually begin to replenish our tree canopy–we currently plant an average of 500 trees a year, prioritizing our lowest-canopy neighborhoods. A 2006 citywide tree inventory found 25,000 street trees in Providence, consisting of 95 different species. Another citywide Street Tree Tally has recently been completed, and the data from that is being analyzed. This latest inventory will allow us to measure the progress we have made since then!

PROVIDENCE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANTING PROGRAM
Po Box 5897
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island 02903-0000
United States
Phone 4013685380
Website www.pnpp.org
Twitter @PNPPtrees
Unique Identifier 462442220