Looking to add shade, beauty, and value to your property? The City of Burien is giving away free trees to Burien residents this fall. It’s a great opportunity to enhance your landscape while helping expand our community’s urban forest.
Why Plant a Tree?
Planting a tree is one of the easiest ways to make a lasting impact. Trees help:
- Keep your home cooler during the summer
- Beautify your yard and neighborhood
- Increase property value
- Improve air quality
- Support local wildlife
- Grow Burien’s healthy urban canopy
Choose Your Free Tree
Residents may select one tree per household while supplies last.
- Grand fir – A fast-growing evergreen native to the Pacific Northwest with soft, fragrant needles and a graceful, symmetrical form. Best suited for larger landscapes where it has room to mature.
- Incense cedar – An attractive evergreen with aromatic reddish bark and dense foliage. It is drought-tolerant once established and makes an excellent specimen or screening tree.
- Deodar cedar – A majestic evergreen known for its soft blue-green needles and gracefully drooping branch tips. Its broad pyramidal shape makes it a striking landscape tree.
- Black hawthorn – A small native tree with clusters of white spring flowers followed by dark berries that attract birds and other wildlife. It provides excellent seasonal interest.
- Pacific crabapple – Washington’s only native crabapple, producing fragrant white blossoms in spring and colorful fruit that provides food for birds and other wildlife through fall and winter.
- Douglas-fir – An iconic Pacific Northwest evergreen prized for its rapid growth and distinctive cones with three-pointed bracts. An excellent shade tree for large spaces.
- Weeping willow – A fast-growing deciduous tree with long, gracefully cascading branches. It performs best in consistently moist soils and creates dramatic visual appeal near ponds or open lawns.
- Sawtooth oak – A hardy deciduous oak recognized for its serrated leaves, dependable fall color, and abundant acorn production that benefits wildlife.
- Western redcedar – A long-lived native evergreen with rich green foliage and aromatic wood. It thrives in the Pacific Northwest and is an excellent choice for privacy screens or natural landscapes.
- Western hemlock – Washington’s state tree, this elegant native evergreen features fine-textured needles and gently drooping branch tips. It grows best in cool, moist locations and develops into a stately forest tree.
Event Details
Who: Burien residents only
Cost: Free
Limit: One tree per household
Availability: Quantities are limited and selections are first-come, first-served.
Tree Pickup Information:
Location
Burien Green House Community Garden Park
437 SW 144th Street
Burien, WA 98166
Date
October 10, 2026
Time
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
What to Expect:
- Trees are provided in 1- to 5-gallon containers.
- Most trees will fit easily in a standard passenger vehicle.
- Bringing a tarp or blanket is recommended to help protect your vehicle during transport.
Registration is required
Questions?
For additional information, contact Josh at JoshP@burienwa.gov.
Don’t miss this opportunity to plant a tree that will benefit your home, neighborhood, and future generations. We hope to see you on October 10!
