Trees Planted in 7 countries and 15 states: 7223
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Starting 2012 Please check out our facebook page for updates on recent news and tree plantings!

November Hey everyone! Thanks for helping out. We're in the process of updating the website. Please check out our facebook page for updates on recent tree plantings! We're up to 7142 trees!

October 21st SoundForest thanks volunteers for helping plant 30 trees on 11th and Archer!

October 1st SoundForest thanks volunteers for helping plant 10 trees on in Shelby Bottoms Park!

August 1st Huge Thanks to Robert Atkins who planted 40 trees in Ashland city including Dogwood, Cherry, Elm, Hawthron, Crabapple, Ash, Magnolia, Maple, Scarlett Oak, Peach, Poplar, Blackgum, and Redbud!

July 11th Nashville Tour de Fat photos. Photo Booth | Facebook | Share yours

July 10th Thanks to everyone who joined us at the first Tour de Fat in Nashville where over 600 riders and 1,700 people raised over $14,000 for local bicycle advocacy groups!

July 9th New Belgium Brewery Charity Ride and Festival Tour de Fat is coming to Nashville! Read More

July 7th New Belgium Brewery Arrives in Nashville for Tour de Fat! Transported trees by bike and planted with the crew! Nashville, TN TREE COUNT: 6753

July 3rd Seven Bridges Rode Road Ride. First of our Sunday Night Ride Series. Nashville, TN TREE COUNT: 6747

June 20th Steve and Amanda Austin plant 29 trees in Vine Grove! Huge thanks for the effort to plant Black Walnut, Redbud, Red Maple, Sasafrass, Birch, Dogwood, Cypress, and Chestnut! Vine Grove, KY TREE COUNT: 6747

June 11th SoundForest.org begins installing the first PedalPost Bike Racks! SoundForest.org is donating 10 bike racks to the city of Nashville in hopes of creating a more bike friendly community. Village Pub Nashville, TN TREE COUNT: 6717

May 27th We've been very busy planting trees! Fruit trees in East Nashville, Yard trees all over Nashville, Mulching, Tree Maintenance, building bike racks, and much more. We'll update with details soon! Nashville, TN TREE COUNT: 6715

April 5th Planted Fruit Trees for the mini orchard at Hillsboro High-School. Nashville, TN TREE COUNT: 6384

April 5th Planted 9 Fruit Trees at West End Middle School. Nashville, TN TREE COUNT: 6379

April 5th Planted 9 Trees at Linden Manor including a Little Leaf Linden TREE COUNT: 6370

April 3rd Planted Sweetgum, Dogwood, and Black Willow Trees at Bells Bend Park with donations made by Walls Need Love www.wallsneedlove.com. Bells Bend, TN TREE COUNT: 6360

March 26th Planted Sweetgum, Sassafras, and Black Willow Trees at Bells Bend Park. Bells Bend, TN TREE COUNT: 6043

March 18th Planted trees at the Green Wagon in East Nashville, TN TREE COUNT: 5329

March 17th Happy St. Patrick's Day! SoundForest.org will plant a tree for every baby born at Centenial Medical Center with donations made from the Women's Hospital. Read More TREE COUNT: 5317

March 12th SoundForest.org InfanTREE plant 7 Witch Hazel trees at Bells Bend Park Outdoor Center. A huge thanks to the volunteers that came out to support the cause. TREE COUNT: 5309

March 11th SoundForest.org InfanTREE plant apple trees at Whitsitt elementry school in Nashville TN. These trees are the start of an on site school orchard to provide fruit for the students of the school! Thanks to F5 Networks for their kind donation to further the fruit tree planting and our SoundSchool project. TREE COUNT: 5298

March 6th SoundForest.org InfanTREE plant 400 trees at Bells Bend Park. A huge thanks to New Belgium Brewery for helping out with the cause. Tree species include Sassafras, Sweetgum, and Black Willow. TREE COUNT: 5280

February 26th SoundForest.org InfanTREE plant 250 trees at Bells Bend Park. A huge thanks to New Belgium Brewery for helping out with the cause. Tree species include Sassafras, Sweetgum, Tulip Poplar, and Buttonbush. TREE COUNT: 4880

February 20th SoundForest.org InfanTREE plant 28 trees at Sevier park. Thanks to 12 south taproom employees for their kind donations! A huge thanks to New Belgium Brewery for helping out with the cause and donating allowing us to plant 20 additional trees at the park. Tree species include serviceberry, redbud, dogwood, and white oak. TREE COUNT: 4625

February 18th Special thanks to Walls Need Love for their continued support. SoundForest.org is restocking on much needed supplies! Finally we are able to purchase some new shovels, potting soil, landscaping material, and even some stickers. Whoo Hooo! TREE COUNT: 4590

February 4th SoundForest.org completes planting 55 trees for the Belmont Hillsboro Neighborhood. TREE COUNT: 4586

January 20th SoundForest.org plants 11 beech trees on private land bordering Radnor Lake! Thanks Cumberland Transit for donating and continued support. TREE COUNT: 4560

January 19th SoundForest.org plants 5 additional London Plane trees in the Median of Magnolia Blvd. brining the total tree count to 20 in the center strip! Thanks to the Hillsboro Village Merchants for their support in planting these trees! Trees were also planted along 15th ave. south and Linden in Nashville! TREE COUNT: 4544

January 14th SoundForest.org plants 14 trees at the Bells Bend Nature center. SoundForest.org met with Metro Parks to discuss future plans to enhance the 808 acre park. We surveyed the park and finalized plans to enhance riparian zone planting areas! Following the meeting 9 Sycamore and 5 Red Maple were planted near the Nature center. TREE COUNT: 4531

January 08th SoundForest.org completes planting 7 trees on Fairfax ave. 7 American Elm were planted on Fairfax just west of Hillsboro Village. Thanks to HWEN (Hillsboro Westend Neighborhood)! TREE COUNT: 4517

January 08th SoundForest.org completes planting 8 trees in Primrose circle as part of the Belmont Hillsboro Community Canopy planting project. 4 Linden and 4 Sweetgum trees have been planted in the center of the street to create a park-like setting TREE COUNT: 4510

January 07th SoundForest.org plants 10 London Plane trees on Gale Ln and 3 Bur Oak on 19th and Magnolia as part of the Belmont Hillsboro Community Canopy planting project. TREE COUNT: 4502

December 31st SoundForest.org plants 12 more trees on Magnolia Blvd. In partnership with the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council and Yellowtail wine SoundForest.org has planted 10 Magnolia trees and 2 Tulip Poplar (magnolia family) along Magnolia Blvd between 18th and 21st. TREE COUNT: 4485

December 21st SoundForest.org completes planting 14 trees in East Nashville near 5 points. Trees include Serviceberry, Foster Holly, Northern Red Oak, American Linden, Witch Hazel, and Hornbeam. TREE COUNT: 4474

December 20th SoundForest.org completes planting 10 Linden Trees on 20th Ave in Nashville as part of the Belmont Hillsboro Community Canopy planting project. TREE COUNT: 4463

December 18th SoundForest.org works with Anderson Tree Service to plant over 40 trees in Dickson County. Trees include Willow Oak, Blackgum, Bur Oak, and a variety of Fruit trees. TREE COUNT: 4454

December 17th SoundForest.org completes planting 18 trees at Hillsboro High-school! 4 River Birch, 6 Serviceberry, 1 Honey Locust, 2 Ginkgo, 2 Redbud, 1 Crabapple, 2 Pear. TREE COUNT: 4414

December 16th SoundForest.org begins planting trees at the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennesse. The nations largest Elephant Sanctuary. You can plant a tree to help feed an elephant! visit the soundforest.org store now. TREE COUNT: 4394

December 9th Big thanks to Get Green to Get Green and Lightning 100 Live on the Green for the donation to help plant 20 trees. Old cell phones were collected at the Live on the Green concert series, cash was generated, and now SoundForest.org is planting trees. Thanks to all who recycled their phones! TREE COUNT: 4380

December 5th SoundForest InfanTREE begin planting 4 of the 18 trees at Hillsboro High School as part of the SoundForest SoundSchool project.

December 5th SoundForest InfanTREE remove asphalt from the Frothy Monkey Coffee Shop parking lot and plant a 12 ft Honey Locust to provide shade in the summer. This is an ongoing effort to reduce reflective heat from the sun and reduce air conditioning during the hot summer months.

December 4th SoundForest InfanTREE plant 11 trees on Blair Blvd. Including 8 Ginkgo, Juneberry, and Plum. TREE COUNT: 4368

December 1st SoundForest InfanTREE plant 14 trees in the Belmont Hillsboro Neighborhood including American Elm, American Linden, Sweetgum, and London Plane trees. TREE COUNT: 4357

November 21st SoundForest InfanTREE plant 35 Fruit Trees at Shepherd's Green Potbelly Pig Sanctuary. TREE COUNT: 4340

November 15th SoundForest InfanTREE plants 12 Fruit Trees at Glencliff High School in Nashville. This is part of their SoundSchool project and will provide apples, peaches, and pears next year! Read More TREE COUNT: 4293

November 13th SoundForest InfanTREE plants 14 London Plane trees on Magnolia Blvd in Nashville. We are in the process of planting over 150 trees in the Belmont/Hillsboro and Hillsboro/West End Neighborhoods this fall! Read More TREE COUNT: 4281

November 13th SoundForest delivers 10 trees to East Nashville! A giant Norway Spruce was planted this morning which will be used as a living "December 25thmas Tree" (in the old days we called 'em Christmas Trees) in Historic Edgefield Neighborhood. Read More TREE COUNT: 4265

New Belgium cLIPS OF FAITH Nashville Friday Sept. 3rd. Thanks to everyone who came out! Special thanks to every hard working volunteer. Photo Booth   Photos on Facebook

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Rainforest Recovery: Philippines
We will be planting trees in the Philippines. We need your support! Please donate now and help us Plant the Planet. Learn More!

June 2010
June 18th   SoundForest.org teams up with volunteers from Discovery Channel to celebrate 25 years!   Read More

May 2010
May 29 - 31   SoundForest.org teams up with eSurance and sets up shop at the Sasquatch Festival Memorial Day Weekend at the Gorge in Washington State.  

April 2010

04/06, 09, 12, 14, 15
SoundSchool Projects: Oasis Center Click for Pics | Glencliff High School Click for Pics | Eakin Elementary Click For Pics

March 2010

03/01 - 03/31
Planting Trees! Working on our Rainforest Recovery Project:Philippines, Trees for Troops memorial to be planted at the US embassy in Baghdad, Trees planted in Myanmar (Burma), SoundSchool Program grows, Partnering with eSurance to plant trees for the Sasquatch Festival in WA, BHN project nears completion of 100 street trees.

February 2010

02/25 - 02/28 Bells Bend, TN
Three more days of planting trees in Bells Bend Tennessee. Thanks to all the volunteers who have helped us in our reforestation effort! Read More

02/17 The World Wide Web
Rayland Baxter SoundForest.org video launched. Watch It Now!

02/14 Bells Bend, TN
On this day 140 volunteers help SoundForest.org plant 800 more trees at Bells Bend Park in our Riparian Restoration Project. 125 trees were also added to the SoundForest.org nursery at Bells Bend. Volunteers also focused on invasive plant removal allowing for native trees to take root! To date a total of 1325 trees have been planted at Bells Bend Park along with a nursery of more than 400 trees! Read More

02/13 Brentwood, TN
SoundForest.org SoundSchools program launches. SoundForest.org assists Brentwood High School students in creating a nursery and planting 60 trees! Read More

02/12 Bells Bend, TN
20 volunteers from USDA Rural Development Tennessee State office help SoundForest.org plant 300 trees at Bells Bend Park in our Riparian Restoration Project Read More

02/06 Nolensville, TN
SoundForest.org InfanTREE help plant 130 Trees in Nolensville Tennessee. Read More

January 2010

01/27 Kathmandu, Nepal
SoundForest.org InfanTREE volunteer plants trees in Kathmandu. Read More

01/20 Lake Sammamish, WA
SoundForest.org partners with Mountains to Sound Greenway planting trees in Washington with the help of donations from Spokane's Blue Spark. Read More

December 2009

12/20 Nashville, TN
Gift of trees planted at Nashville Scene office building. Part of the New Belgium "BrewerTree" urban planting project. Repair, Replenish, Revitalize! Read More

12/06 Sprague, Washington State
SoundForest.org plants 50 trees in Eastern Washington helping to restore riparian and upland habitat on a small spring-fed valley! Read More

12/06 Nashville, TN
SoundForest.org plants 10 trees in Nashville Neighborhood helping to restore riparian vegitation in Mill Creek tributary. See Photos

November 2009

11/25 Nashville, TN
SoundForest.org helps plant 10 trees as part of the Cumberland River Compact | NashvilleEarthday.org Tree Project. See Photos

11/16 Nashville, TN
Volunteers plant Oak seedlings in the SoundForest Nursery! Read More

11/12 to 11/15 Nashville, TN
SoundForest.org helps distribute 220 trees for the Cumberland River Compact NashvilleEarthday.org Tree Project! Read More

11/8 Nashville, TN
SoundForest.org plants 25 trees in Belmont Hillsboro and 12th South Neighborhoods! Read More

11/1 Nashville, TN
SoundForest.org plants 15 more trees in Sevier Park as part of the New Belgium "BrewerTree" Project. To date, a total of 35 Trees have been planted with the help of New Belgium Brewery!


October 2009

10/25 Nashville, TN
SoundForest.org plants 10 trees along Belmont Blvd in Nashville. These are the first of 220 trees to be planted in over 20 Nashville Neighborhoods in a combined effort with The Cumberland River Compact helping to improve water quality in Middle Tennessee!

10/18 Antioch, TN
With the assistance of the Tennessee Department of Forestry SoundForest infanTREE volunteers plant 8 trees at Thomas Edison Elementry with funds donated from nashville based Walls Need Love! Read More

10/17 Nashville, TN
SoundForest infanTREE volunteers plant 15 trees as part of the New Belgium Brewery "BrewerTree" Project. Five trees planted at the Special Olympics HQ in Tennessee. Read More

September 2009

09/19 Nashville, TN
SoundForest and Nashville's Belmont Hillsboro Neighborhood awarded grant to plant trees along historic Belmont Blvd.

09/09 Nashville, TN
SoundForest plants 15 trees at Cumberland Transit reclaiming urban parking wasteland!

August 2009
08/20 Fort Collins, CO
New Belgium teams up with SoundForest.org. Donations from New Belgium Brewery will help plant over 100 trees! Read More

May 2009
Bike For Branches Bike Ride Success!
A very big thanks to each of you who participated and helped "pedal to plant trees"! More about the ride!
 



SoundForest.org Sevier Park Planting Video (double click to enlarge)




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