Whether it’s in your own backyard, your commercial business park, or somewhere off in the distant Amazon rainforest, there are a number of personal, community, economic, and environmental benefits to tree planting. At B&B Tree Management, we’re proud to offer this service, and we wanted to share a few of our favorite benefits that come with planting new trees.
- Simply put, trees are nice. They have even been shown to help improve people’s mental health, help hospital patients recover faster, and even help children retain more information from school if they are given ample time outside as well as in the classroom.
- If you participate in tree planting programs in historically deforested places like the Amazon rainforest, you are helping to reverse damage to key global ecosystems.
- In your local area, trees can help combat heat and pollution. Because trees provide shaded areas, surfaces like paved sidewalks and asphalt parking lots won’t heat up as much, leading to cooler cities and towns overall. Trees also assist in pulling pollution out of the air, meaning that with each tree that you or your neighbors decide to plant in your neighborhood, your local air becomes just a little bit cleaner.
- Similarly, there are some economic benefits to tree planting that may not be immediately apparent. In short, trees help to reduce your building’s energy costs. In the summer, trees can provide shade, so strategically placed trees can be used to protect the sunniest sides of your building from the hottest parts of the day, cutting down drastically on air conditioning needs. Trees can also help you in winter by acting as a windbreak, protecting your property from the cooling effect of winter winds, and keeping your building nice and toasty.
As you can see, tree planting is a critically useful activity for many health, community, environmental, and economic reasons. Reach out to our team if you’re interested in having new trees planted at your home or business!