Events

Root Ball

Upcoming Events

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Throughout the year, Greenscape staff, volunteers, and community partners stay busy advocating for a flourishing urban canopy in the greater Jacksonville area. This includes events such as planting hundreds of trees, attending environmental symposiums, hosting our annual tree giveaway, and meetings with the City of Jacksonville’s Tree Commission. Check out our calendar of events to stay up-to-date on everything Greenscape is doing throughout Jacksonville and how you can be involved.

Annual Event

The Root Ball

The Root Ball is the annual fundraiser for Greenscape of Jacksonville. Funds raised through this event assist in the ongoing operation of one of the nation’s longest-running tree groups that has provided education, advocacy, and trees in the ground right here in our city for more than 45 years.

Since 2007, Greenscape has partnered with the Late Bloomers Garden Club to produce the Root Ball, a fundraiser to help raise awareness of the importance of trees in Jacksonville and to assist in the support of the River City’s only tree-planting organization.

Root Ball
Planting a Tree

Annual Event

Greenscape Tree Giveaway

Greenscape is the official host of Jacksonville’s Arbor Day Celebration, held on a date set by Mayoral Proclamation.  Jacksonville celebrates Arbor Day in November, which is a great time of year to plant a tree, according to the Florida Forest Service.  Up to 2,000 trees are given away to the public at a drive-through event to raise awareness of the important role trees play in our lives, offer professional advice to homeowners, and to increase our urban canopy.  

Annual Event

Greenscape Tree Giveaway

Greenscape organizes Jacksonville’s official Arbor Day Celebration and schedules it on a date approved and designated each year by Mayoral Proclamation. The event changes venue annually to provide opportunities for all citizens to attend and participate. This event raises awareness of the important role trees play in our lives, offers professional advice to homeowners, and distributes free trees to increase our urban canopy.

Planting a Tree