Golden Spring Tree Sale Begins Next Week

GOLDEN, CO – After bad news from the Golden Forestry Department about the Emerald Ash Beetle last fall, the city's annual spring tree sale will give you a second chance to put in some greenery for a reasonable price.

The Golden tree sale opens March 1. The Golden Parks and Recreation Department will be selling a diverse mix of eleven deciduous tree species, especially for Golden residents. All trees come in seven gallon pots and cost $65 plus tax.

In November, the city's forestry department announced that they would begin strategic culling of 300 ash trees in Golden, to try to get ahead of the invasive pest making its way along the Front Range. Forestry experts around the country now agree that a diverse mix of landscaping trees helps guard against a single-species pest taking out the urban canopy.

Here are the varieties offered to Golden residents at the spring tree sale:

• Sensation Boxelder Maple
• Norwegian Sunset Maple
• Catalpa
• Redbud
• Thornless Cockspur Hawthorne
• Kentucky Coffeetree
• Spring Snow Crabapple
• Chanticleer Pear
• Bur Oak
• English Oak
• China Snow Tree Lilac

Quantities are limited (52 trees total) and customers may order no more than three trees, according to a press release. Pay for your trees at Golden Community Center from March 1 through April 15, or while supplies last. Proof of residency is required, the city said.

Pick up your purchased trees at the Golden Cemetery, 755 Ulysses Street, on Saturday Apr. 20, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

• Tree Sale Descriptions
• Tree Sale Order Form

For more information, call either the Forestry office at 303-384-8141, or Stacy Turner at 303-384-8191.

Related: Emerald Ash Beetle: Forestry Dept. Announces Tree Culling Plan

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