Parks and Recreation

Please consider watering any newly planted trees that are growing in the public parkway. The city plants around 1,200 trees each year, but only has the ability to water approximately 600 of them on a regular basis. Please view Newly Planted Tree Watering Tips to follow some helpful guidelines. Thank you!

The City of Racine’s urban forestry department manages 40,000 tree sites along streets, in parks, and at other city-owned property. In addition to actual trees, tree sites also include stumps and vacant planting sites.

Our public trees provide significant benefits – nearly $3,000,000 per year – to our community in form of energy savings, avoided and sequestered carbon, air quality benefits, storm water reduction, aesthetics, and other benefits. Trees are the only infrastructure that grow, increase in value, and provide greater benefits over time.

An interactive inventory of Racine’s public trees can be accessed at: Tree Keeper

Forestry Division Services include but are not limited to:

• Tree Pruning
• Hazard Tree Abatement (tree removal)
• Tree Planting
• Forest Pest & Disease Management
• Emergency Storm Response
• Tree Protection

If you would like additional information about trees, one of the following external websites may be of use to you: