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Free Trees and Shrubs

Trees and Shrubs Planted for You for FREE!

Homeowners in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area are eligible to have a professional landscaper plant trees and shrubs on their property for FREE! Almost all homeowners in SCA are in the Critical Area.

Application DEADLINE: April 30, 2025

Link to the application documents. All submissions must be electronic. 

https://www.calvertcountymd.gov/1254/Critical-Area-Reforestation-Program


Kathy Daniel March 1, 2024 PowerPoint


Calvert County Free Tree and Shrub Program Resources


  • Calvert County property information (Tax Map#, Parcel#, and Lot#) for page one of the application. Calvert County property information example.  (See attached.) 


  • Calvert County Free Tree & Shrub list (attached below) DO NOT PLANT WOODY PLANTS ON OR NEAR SEPTIC FIELDS; herbaceous/forb/meadow species are fine.


  • Calvert County topographic map for every address. Use this or Google Maps to draw your planting plan.  Choose "I want to use the Property Finder Wizard to locate a specific property." Then, choose "Find a property by entering an address." Then, enter your address and print a map of it.


  • U of DE, What is a Keystone Species?  (If you plant nothing else, plant one of these!) (attached below)


  • U of DE, What is a Soft Landing? (attached below)


  • Keystone Plants by Ecoregion (nwf.org) (Click on Eastern Temperate Forests)


  • Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USFWS 


  • Invasive species list. 
  • Recommended book on invasives
  • AMAZING resources on how to address invasives….Local Virginia not for profit.  Fab. Go to top left for web page site and hot invasive management.


  • The Native Plant Center (You can search by region -- we are Coastal Plain, by soil moisture, by soil type -- clay and/or loam, by sunlight exposure, by two sizes of trees, and by three sizes of shrubs. Click on all of the features you want before clicking on Submit.) 


Feel free to reach out to these members of the Environmental Protection and Land Management Committee for assistance: 

  • Sylvia Batong, sbatong1@comcast.net
  • Jody Longhill, jody.longhill@gmail.com
  • Diana Dennett, ddennett@gmail.com
  • Justin Rydstrom, Justin.rydstrom@gmail.com
  • Margaret Shillingford, marg222u@aol.com
  • Richard Aldrich, richard.w.aldrich@gmail.com
  • Mark Smith marcosmyth@gmail.com

Information about the Free tree and shrub program

Calvert County Free Tree & Shrub list annotated by Hutch V. (pdf)

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What are Keystone Plants (png)

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What are Soft Landings (png)

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GreenBook-Buffer (pdf)

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VERY DETAILED Shrub list annotated by Hutch V (pdf)

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