Volunteer Tree Planting
Oakland Township - Oakview Middle School Tree Planting
April 29, 2022
About the Tag
ReLeaf Michigan and the DTE Energy Foundation feel strongly about education related to planting and maintaining trees. Tree ID tags were created and placed on DTE-funded trees to further engage communities. Scanning the tag QR code brings people to a planting specific webpage like this one! More information can be learned about the particular planting and the trees planted. Thank you for checking it out!
About the Planting
In this planting ReLeaf Michigan, DTE Energy Foundation, Oakview Middle School, Lake Orion School District, Prospect Builders, and student volunteers planted 10 trees along the entrance drive at Oakview Middle School on Friday, April 29th, 2022 in celebration of Arbor Day.
The trees were mostly planted by the middle schoolers! The trees will increase the overall tree canopy and provide a multitude of environmental and aesthetic benefits. This planting includes a variety of four different oak species as a tribute to the school name ‘Oakview’.
About the DTE Energy Foundation
The DTE Energy Foundation (“Foundation”) is the philanthropic arm of DTE Energy (“DTE”) and supports initiatives focused on art and culture, community transformation, economic progress, education and employment, environment, and human needs. For more than 20 years, the Foundation has invested in communities where DTE has a business presence. In 2022, the Foundation provided more than $15 million in grant support to over 300 nonprofits.
About ReLeaf Michigan
ReLeaf Michigan is Michigan’s only statewide tree planting non-profit organization, working with communities and organizations throughout Michigan to protect and restore our urban tree canopies. Founded by some of the most respected arborists in the state, ReLeaf Michigan plants the Right Tree in the Right Place at the Right Time to ensure each tree thrives for generations to come.
As of fall 2025 when this planting occurred, ReLeaf Michigan had planted over 35,000 trees in 722+ communities throughout Michigan and, through community workshops, increased awareness of the important benefits trees provide. Our communities are stronger when they are greener. People are healthier, the air is cleaner, infrastructure is more efficient, and the economy is stronger with trees.
Photos
Trees Planted
Click on each tree species below to learn more about it.
[Note: specific cultivars are not always described at the Morton arboretum link.]
- Quercus macrocarpa – Bur oak
- Acer saccharum ‘Green Mountain’ – ‘Green Mountain’ sugar maple
- Cornus florida ‘Stellar Pink’ – ‘Stellar Pink’ flowering dogwood
- Quercus bicolor – Swamp white oak
- Nyssa sylvatica – Black gum
- Quercus alba – White oak
- Quercus bicolor – Swamp white oak
- Quercus shumardii – Shumard’s oak
- Acer x freemanii ‘Armstrong’ – ‘Armstrong’ red maple
- Acer x freemanii ‘Armstrong’ – ‘Armstrong’ red maple