NGC and the USDA Forest Service are proud to have formed a partnership sustaining our national and urban forests through this reforestation/forest education program.
Your Garden Club can participate in a meaningful and practical conservation project by contributing $50.00 to a Plant-A-Tree plantation as part of the costs of replanting replacement trees indigenous to a particular damaged area. Whether by fire or by other natural catastrophe, pine trees and other trees are replaced. You may designate a specific state you wish to have benefit from this contribution.
Under a conservation agreement, the forest service will do the planting, using your donation together with federal funds, and will provide to the plantation the same protection from fires, insects, and disease given other forested areas. The plantations are a part of the regular national forest reforestation program planted on burned-over and brush-covered areas which are potentially productive timberlands. Planting sites are selected by the supervisor of each national forest. These plantations provide soil protection, watershed protection, soil stabilization, future harvestable timber, as well as beauty and shade for recreation.
States, regions, districts, clubs, and/or individuals may participate in this program by donating a minimum of $50. A $50 or greater donation may be made in honor or in memory of ONE individual, organization, or theme.
Your Garden Club can participate in a meaningful and practical conservation project by contributing $50.00 up to $10,000. DIGITAL CERTIFICATES ONLY – As of May 31, 2025, NGC no longer mails certificates and has fully transitioned to a digital format.
An email address is required with each donation to receive a tax receipt and a link to a customizable digital certificate.
DONATING TO SPECIFIED FORESTS When donating, you may choose to have your donation go to where it's most needed or you may select a National Forest; however, the Forest Service reserves the right to utilize funds based on need. If you specify a National Forest where there is no tree planting need, then the donation may be used for planting trees on another forest.
The plantations are a part of the regular National Forest reforestation program planted on burned-over and brush-covered areas which are potentially productive timberlands. Planting sites are selected by the Supervisor of each National Forest. These plantations provide soil protection, watershed protection, soil stabilization, future harvestable timber, as well as beauty and shade for recreation.
Contributions may be made from year to year under the original agreement, but must be a minimum of $50.00 - donations may be made online, or by check made payable to "NGC Plant-A-Tree" and mailed to:
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
National Headquarters
4401 Magnolia Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110-3492
A completed donation form must be included with check contributions.
Plant-A-Tree Awards will be presented each year at the NGC Convention to States which have donated the greatest number of Plantations and whose clubs demonstrated the most ingenuity in promoting education in conservation by creating public awareness of the need to protect and manage our National Forest resources. Let's all publicize our objectives and establish even more Plant-A-Tree Plantations for the reforestation of our National Forests!