The mission of 100 TREES PROJECT is to plant trees to mitigate urban heat island in high impact urban locations such as, public housing and public parks to improve the lives of people, build community, and directly impact the urban quality of life and environment. 100 trees at a time.

Working with local partners, 100 TREES PROJECT plans to plant batches of 10 or 20 trees in each location.  Six to eight feet in height, the trees are fast growing and are species native to New England. 100 TREES PROJECT will provide the trees, necessary fertilizer etc., while the local partner, where the trees will be planted, will be expected to commit to help plant and maintain the trees for the first five years.

100 TREES PROJECT germinated in Jan 2020, just months before the pandemic, when the founders James Paradis and Prataap Patrose got married. Instead of a party for 100 people, they decided to plant 100 trees in five years at public housing, public parks and other high impact urban places. 

By Nov 2023, they had already planted 90 Red Maples, Aspens, Tulip Poplars, and Pin Oaks at two public housing projects in Boston and Cambridge, and at Seaside cemetery and Burnham Play in Gloucester MA.  In less than three years they were well on their way to reaching the goal they had set of 100 trees in 5 years. Along the way, they formed partnerships with local DPWs, private developers, public housing, local and national nurseries and growers of trees, and tenants’ associations. With each gift of twenty trees they planted, they realized the need and interest was much larger than they had originally envisioned, and 100 TREES PROJECT was founded.

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