A NeighbourWoods gardener will work with residential volunteers to determine the best tree for each planting site from the 
NeighbourWoods Tree Species List. Tree choice is subject to availability. Please indicate your top two tree choices when applying.
High-canopy trees are preferred on residential streets because of the shade and aesthetic benefits they provide.
Tree varieties
High canopy trees:
Ash trees:
- Patmore green ash
- Foothills green ash
- Calypso white ash
Poplar trees:
- Paskapoo poplar
- Trembling aspen
Columnar trees:
Ornamental Columnar
- Russian mountain ash
- Columnar oakleaf mountain ash
- Pyramidal mountain ash
- Gladiator flowering crab apple
- Rosthern columnar crab apple
Ornamental trees:
- Hot wings tatarian maple
- Ventura maple
- Black hawk mountain ash
- Hawthorn 'toba' and 'snowbird'
- Japanese tree lilac
- Ivory Silk Japanese tree lilac
- Amur cherry
- Mountain ash
- Russian olive
Ornamental apple trees:
- Thunderchild flowering crabapple
- Makamik flowering crabapple
- Big River flowering crabapple
Large ornamental trees:
- Amur cherry
- Russian olive
- Basswood
- Ohio Buckeye
- Siberian larch
- Scotch pine
