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Fall: Best season for planting trees
that boost home and community value

(BPT) - Planting a tree is an investment
in the future, according to a Greek proverb:
“A society grows great when old men plant
trees under whose shade they never expect
to sit.” But did you know planting trees
around your home is also an investment in
your real estate value and the value of your
neighborhood? Or, that it’s one best made
not in the season of new life, spring, but in
the fall as winter approaches?
Most Americans say they would - and
in fact do - pay more for a home with
trees in the yard, according to a Wakefield
Research survey sponsored by the Alliance
for Community Trees, a program of the
Arbor Day Foundation. On average,

Americans pay 18 percent more for a
house with trees in the yard, and 79 percent say they feel trees define their neighborhood’s character. Nearly three quarters
say they would never move to a neighborhood that didn’t have trees.
“The presence of trees in a neighborhood is as important to homebuyers as
proximity to good schools, accessibility
to shopping and entertainment, and commutability to work,” says Dana Karcher,
Alliance for Community Trees program
manager. “But the value of trees goes
far beyond beautifying a neighborhood.
Planting trees helps on a local and global
scale by reducing air pollution, controlling