Take Root

Take Root was launched in 2007 by a small but motivated group of local citizens. The goal of this initiative is simple: to plant more trees in downtown Chattanooga, fortifying the city’s public spaces with environmental health and scenic beauty.

Having planted over 1400 trees in just three years, Take Root is bolstering Chattanooga’s urban tree canopy. This effort has catalyzed environmental action from dozens of individuals and created broad-scale engagement among hundreds of others.

In a city, keeping an urban area “green” is more than an aesthetic priority, it is a security measure of our most basic and precious natural provisions - the air we breathe and the water we drink.