The Denver Parks and Recreation
Forestry Office is the city agency responsible for trees and shrubs in public parks, parkways and around government buildings. Trees are an extremely valuable resource that not only provides attractive landscapes, but also replenishes oxygen in the atmosphere, cools us with shade in the summer and helps clean the air. Denver is a fortunate city with a broad tree canopy and public policies that recognize the value of trees through promotion programs and regulation.
Forestry also promotes good and maintainable tree canopy around the city, including private property. The office provides advice, licenses tree care companies and issues permits for the planting and removal of trees. You may
request your tree work permit online by following the link and describing the work to be done.
Forestry provides many services to residents and business, including the setting of guidelines for major landscaping projects and conducting special programs to promote tree planting and care (such as the
Tree by Tree - Mile High Million program and the
Champion Tree Registry). If you plant a tree – tell us about it so we can
Count Your Tree! Have a question? See our
FAQs or our list of forestry publications.
Denver has been recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA every year since 1986 for its excellent programs and results to promote the growing and care of the right tree in the right place.