{"id":35304,"date":"2021-11-24T11:25:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T16:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=35304"},"modified":"2021-11-30T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T19:34:21","slug":"maryland-offers-gift-of-trees-for-holiday-shopping-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/11\/24\/maryland-offers-gift-of-trees-for-holiday-shopping-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Offers \u2018Gift of Trees\u2019 for Holiday Shopping List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Native Tree Planting with Certificate Available for Purchase<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4190\/33803245113_a21eef1688.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of tree nurssery\" width=\"355\" height=\"266\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> offers holiday shoppers the opportunity to buy one gift for a loved one, for future generations, and for the environment.. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopdnr.com\/tree-mendousmarylandgiftoftrees.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gift of Trees<\/a> is a program where Marylanders purchase native trees \u2014 either a single tree or a grove of 10 trees \u2014 for planting in honor of a celebration, commemoration, or observation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Gift of Trees certificate suitable for framing will be issued and mailed out within a week or two of an order. All trees will be planted in the next growing season \u2013 either spring or fall \u2013 to promote optimal growth and survival. Orders must be placed by Dec. 17 to ensure certificate delivery in time for Christmas. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopdnr.com\/giftoftrees.aspx\">Holiday discounts<\/a> are available for early shoppers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All trees will be planted in locations that will benefit from them the most, including parks, playgrounds and schoolyar<\/span>ds; cities and towns; and along creeks and streams. <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Forest Service<\/a> staff help choose the appropriate location and species to best assure the tree flourishes well into the future.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trees can be ordered <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopdnr.com\/tree-mendousmarylandgiftoftrees.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/treemendous\/orderbymail.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (a separate order form should be used for each recipient) along with a check made payable to: Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Forest Service, Tawes State Office Building, E-1, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Native Tree Planting with Certificate Available for Purchase The Maryland Department of Natural Resources offers holiday shoppers the opportunity to buy one gift for a loved one, for future generations, and for the environment.. The Gift of Trees is a program where Marylanders purchase native trees \u2014 either a single tree or a grove of<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/11\/24\/maryland-offers-gift-of-trees-for-holiday-shopping-list\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1965,23],"tags":[3990,4994,3590,5149,2943],"class_list":["post-35304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","category-land","tag-gift-of-trees","tag-maryland-forest-service","tag-native-trees","tag-plantings","tag-tree-mendous-maryland"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35304"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35317,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35304\/revisions\/35317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}