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Columbia Green’s Beat the Heat Tree Giveaway
Get up to 3 free trees and help us Beat the Heat, Columbia!
Columbia Green is accepting orders from Columbia-area property owners for free shade trees to help us address urban heat across our city. We planted over 1,500 trees during the 2024-2025 planting season and aim to plant even more this year! Visit our Beat the Heat page to find out how you can become part of the solution to urban heat. Then sign up to receive up to three free shade trees for your property.
If you rent your home, you can still participate…download this flyer and send it to your property owner. Volunteer to plant the trees if they will order them for your home!
JAN 19TH
MLK Day of Service
Nature Walk and Invasive Plant Removal
Saluda Riverwalk Park, 650 Candi Lane, Columbia, SC
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Come help make one of Columbia’s outdoor treasures even better by removing trash and invasive species!
9:30 -10:30am The Midlands Nature and Bird Alliance will lead a short nature walk on the boardwalk and along the riverside. This is a beginner friendly adventure, but more experienced birders and naturalists are always welcome to join in the fun!
10:30am - 12:00pm Group leaders will guide us to areas in the park that require invasive species removal as well as litter cleanup. Gloves, trash bags, and appropriate tools will be provided, but if you have your own gloves to bring, please do so.
*Indah Coffee Truck will on site for anyone who needs to buy a pick me up before or during the clean up!
JANUARY 31ST
Beat the Heat—Plant a Tree
FREE Educational Event
10 am - noon at Columbia College’s Breed Leadership Center, 1301 Columbia Collge Drive, 29203
Join us for our next FREE Beat the Heat—Plant a Tree educational event cohosted by our partners at Columbia College. Find out how you can get up to three FREE native shade trees for your property, delivered right to your door in early March and learn how to plant and care for your trees.
This event is free and open to everyone. Sign up to attend and bring a friend (or bring your entire block!) Become part of the solution to urban heat in Columbia.