Volunteer Tree Planting
Sylvan Lake Tree Planting
May 11, 2024
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, the city of Sylvan Lake and volunteers planted 20 trees along residential streets on Saturday, May 11th. The trees were planted to replace dead trees and add residential street trees to beautify the neighborhood and diversify the tree canopy.
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 spring 2025 when this planting occurred, ReLeaf Michigan had planted over 33,500 trees in 700+ 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.]
- Ulmus ‘Morton Glossy’ – Triumph™ Elm
- Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wildfire’ – ‘Wildfire’ Black gum
- Tilia americana ‘McKSentry’ – American Sentry Basswood
- Ginkgo biloba – Princeton Sentry Ginkgo
- Tilia americana ‘McKSentry’ – American Sentry Basswood
- Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wildfire’ – ‘Wildfire’ Black gum
- Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wildfire’ – ‘Wildfire’ Black gum
- Tilia americana ‘McKSentry’ – American Sentry Basswood
- Aesculus x carnea ‘Fort McNair’ – Fort McNair Horse Chestnut
- Ulmus ‘Morton Glossy’ – Triumph™ Elm
- Ginkgo biloba – Princeton Sentry Ginkgo
- Aesculus x carnea ‘Fort McNair’ – Fort McNair Horse Chestnut
- Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wildfire’ – ‘Wildfire’ Black gum
- Tilia americana ‘McKSentry’ – American Sentry Basswood
- Aesculus x carnea ‘Fort McNair’ – Fort McNair Horse Chestnut
- Ulmus ‘Morton Glossy’ – Triumph™ Elm
- Ginkgo biloba – Princeton Sentry Ginkgo
- Picea omorika – Serbian Spruce
- Picea omorika – Serbian Spruce
- Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wildfire’ – ‘Wildfire’ Black gum