ReLeaf Petaluma

05/26/2025

ReLeaf stewards its trees for three years after planting to assure their success, and it takes a lot of volunteers to get the work done. Three wonderful people volunteered their Memorial Day morning to care for ReLeaf trees at Bond Park. Thank you for helping Petaluma's canopy grow!

05/04/2025

Visit ReLeaf Petaluma at Future Fest today until 4pm. Check out maps of our Completed Projects and Residential Plantings. Sign up for the Residential Planting waitlist, take home a free seedling, and talk trees.

02/14/2025

Last weekend volunteers planted 50 California native oak and other species of seedlings at Denman Reach open space. We will be there again this Saturday, February 15th from 9am - 1pm. Please join us and help finish this project, which will provide Petaluma residents shaded walking trails, cleaner air, cooler air temperatures, and habitat for birds and local wildlife.
Sign up now at https://www.releafpetaluma.org/.

02/04/2025

Join us this Friday afternoon 1-4pm and Saturday morning 9am-1pm to plant seedlings at Denman Reach Park. Connect with passionate, like-minded people and help future generations breathe cleaner air while enjoying the beauty of open, green spaces! 🌳

Don’t wait—signup today and let’s plant together this Friday or Saturday! Every tree we plant is a step toward a brighter, healthier world. You’ve got the power to make a difference—let’s do this!
https://www.releafpetaluma.org/

01/22/2025

ReLeaf Petaluma planted 249 new trees at Petaluma residences between October and December. It hasn't been raining, so please check to see if your tree needs water. Any doubt? Just water. In the Winter months, extra water can't hurt your tree.

12/16/2024

ReLeaf Petaluma partnered with City of Petaluma Parks and Recreation to plant much needed shade trees at the Petaluma Community Sports Fields. Our AmeriCorps NCCC team planted Western Sycamore, Coast Live Oak and Valley Oak in the parking lot finger islands. Afterwards, Devil Mountain Wholesale Nursery hosted the team for a Lunch and Learn with their tree expert David Teuschler. We learned about Devil Mountain's special way of growing trees in air root pruning Pioneer Pots, which make their trees extra healthy and ready for transplant.

12/06/2024

ReLeaf worked with the AmeriCorps NCCC and the The City of Petaluma - Government Public Works team December 6th to plant 21 California native trees in the Sonoma Mountain Parkway median. From Leghorn Park to Acadia Drive, check out the beautiful new trees! Funding for this project was provided by the Inflation Reduction Act and the USDA Forest Service, Urban and Community Forestry Program.

12/04/2024

ReLeaf’s AmeriCorps NCCC team visited City Hall on Dec 2 to meet with Vice Mayor John Shribbs and later to introduce themselves and the program at the City Council meeting. The viewers and Council applauded after brief remarks by Team Leader Anna Gibbons and Member Lane Siciliano.

12/03/2024

This , please consider donating to ReLeaf Petaluma, as we work towards our 10,000-tree goal for communities that need them most.

We are now nearing our 2000th tree planted! We are a small-budget Petaluma nonprofit with big dreams powered by dedicated supporters all across town. In the past few months, we kicked off a new Residential Tree Program, giving away free trees and planting services to Petalumans for their yards. This will increase our shared tree canopy by over 200 trees in neighborhoods all over town. We are also working on planting 120 trees at a significant open space located in the Denman Reach and dozens of trees in other public spaces. And that is just our November-December program!

All of this success is due to the support of our community. Consider a donation to ReLeaf this in your year-end giving:

After planting over 1600 native trees in Petaluma’s parks and… Scott Sullender needs your support for Support ReLeaf Petaluma's goal to plant 10,000 native trees

11/24/2024

ReLeaf's AmeriCorps NCCC team experienced city policy making in action last Wednesday during the Tree Advisory Committee meeting and the Recreation, Music & Parks Commission meeting. ReLeaf presented Updates and Planting Plans for 20204-2025, and the AmeriCorp spoke about their program and thanked the City, ReLeaf, and Rebuilding Together Petaluma for the opportunity to improve the community through the planting of trees. They have so far planted 104 residential trees and 29 trees at La Tercera Elementary School.

11/08/2024

It’s been a whirlwind week since the AmeriCorps NCCC Blue Team 2 arrived to help ReLeaf Petaluma plant residential trees! Our partner and sponsor of the team, Rebuilding Together is kindly providing a homebase for their work. Thank you Rebuilding Together staff for making ReLeaf and the AmeriCorps feel so welcome!

10/02/2024

Beat the heat under a shade tree! These temperature readings were taken by a parent at Grant Elementary School today at 2:30PM. The ambient temperature was a very hot 97 degrees, making the black top a whopping 128 degrees. The ground under the shade tree was a much more comfortable 83 degrees. Growing and protecting our urban tree canopy is a huge win for our community.