Volunteer Tree Planting
Garfield Township - YMCA Tree Planting
October 7, 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, the Charter Township of Garfield, and volunteers planted 20 trees at the Grand Traverse Bay YMCA on Friday, October 7th, 2022. The goal of this planting was to add more trees to the established natural area behind the YMCA.
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 americana ‘Valley Forge’ – ‘Valley Forge’ Elm
- Quercus bicolor – Swamp White Oak
- Betula nigra – River Birch
- Malus ‘Red Jewel’ – ‘Red Jewel’ Crabapple
- Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Autumn Brilliance’ – ‘Autumn Brilliance’ Serviceberry
- Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Emerald City’ – ‘Emerald City’ Tulip Tree
- Quercus rubra – Red Oak
- Metasequoia glyptostroboides – Dawn Redwood
- Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Emerald City’ – ‘Emerald City’ Tulip Tree
- Ulmus americana ‘Valley Forge’ – ‘Valley Forge’ Elm
- Betula nigra – River Birch
- Ulmus americana ‘Valley Forge’ – ‘Valley Forge’ Elm
- Ulmus americana ‘Valley Forge’ – ‘Valley Forge’ Elm
- Betula nigra – River Birch
- Ulmus americana ‘Valley Forge’ – ‘Valley Forge’ Elm
- Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Hapdell’ – ‘Hapdell’ Sweet Gum
- Quercus rubra – Red Oak
- Acer saccharum ‘Flashfire’ – ‘Flashfire’ Sugar Maple
- Betula nigra – River Birch
- Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud