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Lake Countree is a residential planting initiative developed to encourage citizens to help grow and preserve Lake Country's urban forest canopy. 2024 is the third year for this new initiative where Lake Country residents can purchase one tree per household for the low price of $50 (incl. GST).

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By purchasing and planting a tree through the Lake Countree program, you are making a positive impact on the environment.

Urban Forest and Tree Benefits

  • Trees remove atmospheric carbon dioxide
  • Reduce energy usage
  • Remove air pollutants
  • Filter stormwater
  • Provide shade and cool yards, buildings, and hot city streets
  • Release water vapour
  • Promote calmness and mental well-being
  • Provide wildlife habitat and shelter
  • Provide food sources for wildlife

Lake Countree 2024

Lake Countree is a residential planting initiative developed to encourage citizens to help grow and preserve Lake Country's urban forest canopy. 2024 is the third year for this new initiative where Lake Country residents can purchase one tree per household for the low price of $50 (incl. GST).

Note: There is NO waitlist. Once the 125 trees are sold, there are no more available for this year's program. 

ORDER online from July 30 

By purchasing and planting a tree through the Lake Countree program, you are making a positive impact on the environment. 

Urban Forest and Tree Benefits

  • Trees remove atmospheric carbon dioxide
  • Reduce energy usage
  • Remove air pollutants
  • Filter stormwater
  • Provide shade and cool yards, buildings, and hot city streets
  • Release water vapour
  • Promote calmness and mental well-being 
  • Provide wildlife habitat and shelter
  • Provide food sources for wildlife

Lake Countree 2024

Tree sales for our 2024 Lake Countree program will be open from Tuesday, July 30 until Friday, September 13, or until trees are sold out. 

Lake Countree pickup will take place on Saturday, September 21 (9:00am - 1:00 pm) at Kel-Lake Nursery.  The trees are in 10 gallon pots, roughly 6 to 12 feet tall. The size is to ensure that holes can be hand dug and the trees are easily handled.

Set up your online account in advance to pre-order your tree online once they become available.  If you've use the online registration system for an Activity Guide program in the past few years, you likely already have an account. 

To purchase a tree, please visit our ActiveNet program registration online system to sign in or set up an account. Call 250-766-5650 if you need assistance to set up your online account. 

2024 Fall Tree Varieties

All of the tree varieties on offer this year are chosen for their hardiness to endure the weather of the Okanagan region. We have selected the trees according to their unique features including size, hardiness, exposure, wildlife value and seasonal interests. We recommend that residents research the tree they would like before purchase.

Trying to find the right tree for the right location is paramount and why we are offering four varieties with different attributes to choose from. The trees were picked based on their growth rate, size at maturity, water requirements, carbon sequestering, oxygen production, sun orientation, adaptivity to various soil conditions, aesthetics, availability, life span and to help reduce monocultures in neighborhoods.

Native varieties of trees are great, and are planted all over the District when we are re-establishing naturalized areas or less urbanized parcels of land, however native trees are not always the best choice for subdivisions and the sizes of the lots. Ponderosa Pines, Douglas Fir, Abies, Black Cottonwood, Birch and Western Red Cedar (which are only a few or our native varieties) grow in specific areas of our forests and do not always thrive in urban situations, due to elevation, being irrigated, soil conditions, traffic around the root zone for example.