About
Vision
Mission
Goals
Plant Trees
Plant 2 million trees (a tree for everyone in the Greater Cincinnati Tri-State Region!).
Better Manage and Conserve Our Existing Forests
Expand practices that help retain and regenerate trees and forests.
Promote the Many Benefits of Healthy Trees
Increase the awareness of trees and forests; the benefits they provide; why we need them; and the threats they face.
Foster Stewardship among Individuals and Communities
Engage individuals, businesses, organizations, institutions and communities in the stewardship of our region’s trees and forested areas.
Board of Directors
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Horticulturist
Jason Brownknight
Brownknight EcoResource LLC, Owner/Operator
Pat Greeson
Natorp’s, Sales Associate
Jodine Grundy, Treasurer
Green Partnership for Greater Cincinnati, retired Board member
Jenny Gulick
Urban Canopy Works, Principal, Arborist and Community Forestry Consultant
Jerry Frankenhoff
Great Parks of Hamilton County, Urban Forester
Bruce Koehler, Secretary
OKI Regional Council of Governments, retired Senior Planner
Margo Lindahl
OKI Regional Council of Governments, retired Senior Planner
Travis Miller
OKI Regional Council of Governments, Regional Planning Manager
Dean Niemeyer, President
Hamilton County Planning + Development Department, Principal Planner (Community Planning Services) and The Green Partnership for Greater Cincinnati, Board member
Kris Stone, Vice President
Boone County Arboretum, Director and Northern Kentucky Urban and Community Forestry Council, Board member
Jodie Zultowsky
Member-at-large, Biologist
Our Partners
- AA Tree Care
- Algin Furniture
- Amberley Village Environmental Stewardship Committee
- Ammon Nursery
- Arbor Doctor LLC
- Arborjet
- Audubon Miami Valley
- Back Tree Service
- Bloomin’ Garden Centre
- Boone County Arboretum
- Brownknight Eco
- Casey’s Outdoor Solutions
- Cianciolo Designscape
- Cincinnati Nature Center
- Cincinnati State
- Cincinnati Zoo and Botancial Garden
- City of Lebanon
- City of Montgomery
- Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati
- Clermont County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Clermont County Park District
- Dan Beard Council of Boy Scouts of America
- Davey Resource Group (a Division of The Davey Tree Expert Company)
- Delhi Township Parks
- Gorman Heritage Farm
- Grailville Granny’s Garden School
- Great Parks of Hamilton County
- GreenStand
- Green Umbrella
- Hamilton County Planning + Development Department
- Hamilton Conservation Corps, LLC
- Holscher Hackman Garden Center
- Kendrick and O’Dell Landscaping
- Kenton County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Lagergren Nursery
- Lefke Tree Experts LLC
- Mill Creek Yacht Club
- Mt. Healthy Urban Tree Commission
- Natorp’s
- Northern Kentucky Urban and Community Forestry Council
- Ohio Tree Preservation
- Ohio Valley Forestry Fellowship
- OKI / Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments
- Oxbow, Inc.
- Pritz & Pritz
- Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum
- The Green Partnership for Greater Cincinnati
- The Nature Conservancy in Ohio
- Thornton Landscape
- Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District
- White Oak Gardens
- World 5.0
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