Residential Tree Programs

The Iowa DNR, through a partnership with Alliant Energy, is excited to offer private residents the opportunity to buy landscape-sized trees at an extreme discount. Trees provide a myriad of benefits to homeowners including reduced home heating and cooling costs, decreased stormwater, shade for outdoor activities, higher home values, and enhanced beauty. The online order form will be available late February 2025.

*If you are planning to submit orders for more than one address, please reach out to us directly before submitting.

For more information, contact Shaila Claibourn, Urban and Community Forestry Technician, at 515-380-8876 or shaila.claibourn@dnr.iowa.gov.

Find resources and information about selecting, planting, and maintaining trees in the urban landscape on Iowa DNR Urban Forestry Resources and Links.

Customers can purchase no more than two trees per private property. If multiple properties are owned by a single individual, two trees can be purchased for each property participating in the program.  No more than three property orders can be made by a homeowner each season. Each unique property address must be listed on the order form. Please bring your confirmation email showing species and locations purchased to the event.

Customers must pick up their tree(s) during the event time listed. Trees that are not picked up will be forfeited to the local partner organization. No warranty is offered on these trees. If trees remain unsold by the event date, the unsold trees will be offered for sale towards the end of the event.

Each event will only offer a few of these species. After selecting your location on the order form, only the species available at that location will be listed. As trees sell out, the order form will update to only list available species.

• American Linden
• Bald Cypress
• Blackgum
• Black Hills Spruce
• Bladdernut
• Bur Oak
• Chinkapin Oak
• Dawn Redwood
• Dwarf Chinkapin Oak
• Eastern Hemlock
• Honey Locust - Skyline
• Katsuratree
• Loebner Magnolia - Leonard Messell
• Northern Catalpa
• Norway Spruce
• Pawpaw
• Pecan
• River Birch - Heritage
• Saucer Magnolia
• Serviceberry - Autumn Brilliance
• Shingle Oak
• Shumard Oak
• Swamp White Oak
• Sycamore
• Tuliptree
• Yellowwood

Find resources and information about selecting, planting, and maintaining trees in the landscape on the Iowa DNR Urban Forestry Resources and Links webpage.

Alliant Energy’s One Million Trees initiative helps to plant more than one million trees – one tree for each utility customer – by the end of 2030.

Alliant Energy customers can purchase up to two trees per planting address at $25 per tree. Online ordering will be available late February 2025.

Tree pick-up dates and locations include:

Decorah
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
2321 Siewers Spring Rd, Decorah

Anamosa
Thursday, April 24, 2025
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
USDA Service Center Parking lot
300 Chamber Drive, Anamosa

Greenfield
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4:00 – 6:00 PM
205 SE 2^nd St, Greenfield

Iowa Falls
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Calkins Nature Center
18335 135^th St, Iowa Falls

DeWitt
Thursday, May 8, 2025
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Westbrook Park
520 Westbrook Drive, DeWitt