To a nonprofit like the Nashville Tree Conservation Corps, volunteers are foundational! This is true throughout the organization; our managerial structure, planting and maintenance teams, generous donors, and caring partners volunteer their time and energy to fulfill our mission of promoting, preserving, protecting, and planting the trees that make up Nashville’s canopy ecosystem.
Read MoreBetween October 2023 and February 2024, the Nashville Tree Conservation Corps has delivered and planted 850 trees (and counting!) across Nashville through our annual tree sale! If you’d still like to purchase a tree this winter, we’re taking orders through mid-March, and any orders received afterward will be delivered in the fall.
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The founder of Nashville Tree Conservation Corps, Jim Gregory, is stepping back from his position as executive director, remaining with the organization in an advisory role. Without him, NTCC would not be making the impact it is today, so we thank him for his important work! We’re looking forward to continuing to collaborate with Jim, but due to his departure, we have new leadership!
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Ripe persimmons — those mushy, tart, orange delights — are falling in Middle Tennessee. Learn more about the native American Persimmon tree and its many benefits for pollinators and other wildlife.
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An art exhibit and fundraiser opening Thursday at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center grew out of a cooperative neighborhood effort to restore and expand tiny Lockeland Springs Park in East Nashville after it was heavily damaged by a tornado in March 2020.
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The Chestnut Group is once again joining forces with the Nashville Tree Conservation Corps for an art show and sale to benefit trees and greenspace in Nashville.
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From evergreens to oaks to hackberries, trees provide food and shelter for many creatures all winter long. By planting a native tree, you can support our local ecosystem and the birds and small animals that depend on it.
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Learn how a tree’s root system can absorb water to manage stormwater runoff and what communities and homeowners can do to plant the right trees for the job.
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Did you know that native trees help “make” butterflies? Our native Middle Tennessee tree species, especially oaks, host hundreds of species of butterflies. Exotic species such as ginkgo, crepe myrtle, Japanese maple and Yoshino cherry have evolved on other continents and do not offer similar support for butterflies and other local wildlife. This is another reminder that native plants are the foundation of all local ecosystems.
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The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office has a horticulture vocational program for offenders that has been helpful in caring for and distributing saplings for community planting.
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Planting a native tree creates habitat for birds, bees and butterflies and helps to build a healthy ecosystem.
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