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2025 SPRING Street Tree Planting
2025 SPRING Street Tree Planting
Register to receive a free, fully installed 1.5" caliper, 7-14 ft. street tree. Trees will be professionally planted, staked, and mulched at your Radnor Township home between April 11th and April 18th. Trees must be planted near the street of your home.
Shade tree species include medium (30-50') and large (50-70') shade trees: Serviceberry, River Birch, Kentucky Coffeetree, Bald Cypress, and more.
This offer is only available to Radnor Township residents. First come, first serve!
Not interested in a free tree? Tell us why. It helps our program.
HELP GREEN RADNOR’S PARKS – VOLUNTEER TODAY!
HELP GREEN RADNOR’S PARKS – VOLUNTEER TODAY!
Want to help green Radnor’s parks? Join us for a tree planting event where we’ll be adding native shade trees to enhance our community’s green spaces.
📍 Location: The Willows
📅 Date & Time: DATE CHANGE! Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 9 a.m.
We provide everything you need—trees, stakes, tools, and supplies—plus breakfast and lunch to keep you going! No prior experience is needed—team captains and Radnor Tree Tenders will be on hand to guide you every step of the way.
Sign up below to volunteer for a rewarding half-day of planting trees!
HELP GROW RADNOR’S TREE CANOPY – BUSINESS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY!
HELP GROW RADNOR’S TREE CANOPY – BUSINESS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY!
Join fellow local businesses in making a lasting impact on Radnor Township! Each year, we partner with businesses like yours to plant trees and preserve our community’s green spaces.
We provide everything your team needs—trees, stakes, and supplies—you just bring the manpower! Whether your business can plant 5 trees or 50, every effort helps grow a healthier, greener Radnor.
Looking for individual volunteer opportunities? Check out our Park Planting Program for ways to get involved!
2024 FALL planting recap
2024 FALL planting recap
The Radnor Township Shade Tree Commission and volunteers planted 150 bare root native shade trees this fall! Trees are purchased through grants and donations from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS).
A big thank you goes to the companies who volunteered their time and expertise, planting trees in front of residents' homes and at Radnor Parks. These include:
Shreiner Tree Care
Rockwell Associates
Radnor Township Public Works
Girod's Property Maintenance
Tree State Property Maintenance
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR 2024 partners & VOLUNTEERS
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR 2024 partners & VOLUNTEERS
Girod's Property Maintenance
All Seasons Landscaping Co
Tree State Property Maintenance
Notice of Recent Radnor Township Tree Ordinance Updates:
Effective October 14th, 2024, Chapter 263, Trees of the Radnor Code has been updated. A summary of the changes are:
Removal of more than 50% of trees on a lot, now requires increased replacement trees
All trees must now be documented on plans, illustrating:
The size, species, and location of all shade trees and street trees with a DBH of six inches or greater along with a table showing (1) the total number of trees on the lot, (2) the total number of trees being removed, and (3) the total number of trees identified as Hazardous.
Replacement fee-in-lieu-of amounts have increased to $300 for residential- and $500 for commercial-zoned districts
Ash trees are no longer exempt from submitting a hazard tree report. All Ash trees being removed must have a hazard tree report submitted and verified by the Township Arborist
For the complete ordinance amendment, please visit: https://ecode360.com/11077588 and https://ecode360.com/RA0484/laws/LF2170614.pdf
2024 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence
2024 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence
Accepting the 2024 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence in Harrisburg was a great honor. In an ever-important time as we see record levels of atmospheric CO₂, the PEC and all the groups honored have many great minds advancing the methods and technology in our environmental projects.
2023 Fall tree planting and Maintenance PILOT
2023 Fall tree planting and Maintenance PILOT
🌳 150 trees. That's how many bare-root native shade trees were planted at Radnor resident homes and parks this past fall. We're amazed at the ever-growing partnerships and volunteers that make all of this possible.
This past Saturday was a sight to see at Warren Filipone Park where 50 of the trees were planted as a riparian buffer to help with erosion and downstream flooding. Did you know that trees can absorb 10 and 150 gallons of water daily?
This park was also the first in our tree maintenance pilot program, where trees were de-vined, dead wooded, and invasive brush cleared. We're excited to continue this process in opportunities throughout the Township.
Special thanks to:
Radnor Township, Shreiner Tree Care, Executive Tree Care, Rockwell Associates, Tree Authority, Chanticleer Garden, Radnor Conservancy, Accenture, DIBRUNO BROTHERS, INC, Angel's Envy, Chick-fil-A Restaurants, and many more...
2023 Radnor Fall Festival
2023 Radnor Fall Festival
Thank you to everyone who came by our booth at the Radnor Fall Festival! We opened our fall street tree registration, volunteer registration, talked to many about trees and their benefits, and gave away a Nyssa tree (Black Gum) to whomever got the closest to guessing how many trees we planted since 2020 - 535!
(Pictured left to right, Seth Reeser, Matt Golas, Frank Perras, Kristin Scott)
2023 spring planting recap
2023 spring planting recap
The Radnor Township Shade Tree Commission and volunteers celebrated Earth Day and Arbor Day by planting 80 bare root native shade trees at residents' homes and Harford Park! Trees came from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) and support from Chanticleer.
Resident Plantings:
A big thank you goes to the companies who volunteered their time and expertise, planting nearly 60 trees in front of the homes of residents. These include:
Executive Tree Care
Arader Tree Service
James Gibbons Landscape
Rockwell Associates
Park Plantings:
More than 20 trees were planted at Harford Park and Warren Filipone Memorial Park. Volunteers were predominantly residents who came out in the perfect weather at Harford Park to dig, plant, stake, install tree diapers, mulch, water, and of course, install protection from deer. Volunteers included:
The Radnor Conservancy
Shreiner Tree Care
Main Line School Night
Cabrini College students
A team from Hatzel and Buehler Electrical
DiBruno Brothers donated a fine morning breakfast to get folks primed.
Finally, all this wouldn't have been possible without Radnor Township’s Public Works Department and Parks & Recreation departments. The Shade Tree Commission looks forward to another bare root tree planting in November of this year. So please stay tuned!
Our Past Plantings
Our Past Plantings
2024 Total Trees Planted: 230
Fall: 150
Spring: 80
2023 Total Trees Planted: 280
Fall Giveaway: 50
Fall: 150
Spring: 80
2022 Total Trees Planted: 276
Fall: 150
Summer Giveaway: 30
Spring: 96
View a map of all of Radnor Township's trees planted through PHS. Click the button below and filter by "Radnor Tree Tenders".
PHS Presents Basic Tree Care: Watering
PHS Presents Basic Tree Care: Watering
Your tree will soon be planted and it's important to water your tree weekly until the ground freezes. Apply approximately 15-20 gallons of water once a week and trickle water onto the soil surface using a hose, or allow water to seep from a bucket with small holes in the bottom.
who we are
who we are
The Radnor Township Shade Tree Commission (STC) is responsible for the protection, preservation, and growth of the township’s tree canopy. The STC reviews tree removals and various construction permits for compliance with the township’s Shade Tree Ordinance. The STC is responsible for a long-term guide for the planting of trees throughout the township. Because of these standards, Radnor has been designated as a Tree City USA community for more than 30 years.
Trees provide ecological, economic, and quality-of-life benefits—they protect our air and water quality, reduce energy costs, mitigate stormwater runoff, increase property values, and beautify our neighborhoods. Learn more about trees in Radnor below!
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