Participants must own residential property in Miami-Dade County with sufficient room to plant trees.
Participants will be required to present photo identification, i.e. a driver's license with the residential property address indicated on the identification. Other forms of identification containing property address information like a utility bill can be accepted as long as a photo ID is also presented.
Participants are eligible for 2 free trees per Adopt-a-Tree season (each year), regardless if they adopted in past years.
If the participant rents the property, they must have written permission from the property owner to pick up the trees. They must present their identification, along with a photocopy of the property owner's identification AND written authorization from the property owner. The Adopt-a-Tree Program will retain the authorization.
In general, condominium owners are not eligible to receive trees. However, if a condo owner obtains written authorization from the Condo Board to plant the tree(s) in a designated common area (defined by a site plan); they may present such authorization and obtain trees. AAT program will retain authorization.
Townhouses (with sufficient room to plant trees) are eligible to receive trees. If a townhouse owner obtains written authorization from their homeowner's association to plant the tree(s) in a designated common area (defined by a site plan); they may present such authorization and obtain trees. AAT program will retain authorization.
Apartment buildings and trailers parks do not qualify for the Adopt-a-Tree Program.
Participants who have recently purchased a residential property should bring the bill of sale as the transaction may not appear in the County database.
Participants owning a duplex, triplex, etc. should fill out one adoption form, but indicate the separate address of each portion of the property (i.e. 1201 SW 22 St, 1203 SW 22 St) on the form. (Duplex and Triplex properties have one folio number (as they are on one piece of property) and therefore should have only one Adoption ID number too.) Duplex and Triplex (etc.) residential properties will only receive 2 trees per year, the same as all other residential properties.
Participants picking up trees for a family member who is the property owner must present their identification, along with a photocopy of the property owner's identification AND written authorization from the property owner. AAT program will retain authorization.
Participants who are eligible to have their trees planted through the Elderly and Disabled Program, must own residential property in Miami-Dade County with sufficient room to plant trees. To participate in the Elderly and Disable Program, contact Adopt-a-Tree at 305-372-6555. Condominium, apartment buildings, and trailer parks are not eligible to participate in the Adopt-a-Tree program.
