Trees in cities are essential for all species on earth and are planted to provide beauty, oxygen, offsets carbon, lower energy costs, stabilises the soil and gives shelter. They sooth and help us connect to nature surroundings. While these are excellent benefits, plants serve many other purposes.

The benefits of trees can be grouped into social, environmental, spiritual, commercial and economic categories.

Social Benefits

Trees provide food

Tree have been an important part of diets for thousands of years. There are thousands of tree species that provide important food products including fruits, nuts, seeds, leaves, bark etc. They provide shade, shelter and food for human, birds and wildlife.

Trees beautify surrounding

Trees bring wildlife habitats into rural and urban surroundings, all of which creates pleasing surrounding and increase the quality of life for residents. Trees can complement the design of buildings even entire neighborhoods.

Trees create bonding

We are increasingly growing isolated from our neighbors in today's world. A community tree planting drive is a great way for people to come together and work toward a common goal. Your neighborhoods may benefit from them as well even though you may own the trees on your property.

Trees increases concentration

Trees have been shown to increase levels of concentration in children and girls who live in greener communities tend to exhibit higher levels of self-discipline.

Trees reduce crime

Buildings with high levels of green cover have a greater crime resistance than the neighbourhoods without trees. Trees help to reduce the level of fear and brings humanity back .

Trees for memories

Trees are being used as a gift in all important occasion like marriage, birthday, anniversary etc. Trees are often planted as living memorials of loved ones or to recall significant events in our lives.

Environment Benefits

Trees help in droughts

Trees can help prevent the damage during flooding and conserve water in drought-hit areas. They provide sustainable income for poor and farmers during drought.

Trees prevent water pollution

Trees reduce the water runoff, allowing the water to flow down the trunk which reduces pollution in our waterways. They improve water quality by filtering rainwater and recharges groundwater supplies.

helps prevent soil erosion

Trees help prevent soil erosion and increases land fertility from the impact of rain. The trees have roots which bind the soil and prevents it from easily being carried away by wind or water. Its stem or bark acts as a wall against the wind & water to prevent erosion.

Trees induce rainfall

Trees induce rainfall by evaporating water from their leaves and lower air temperature. If we kill the trees, we kill the rivers, rain and finally we kill us.

Trees provide pure air

Trees give off oxygen and purify air quality by filtering harmful dust and pollutants gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ammonia from the air we breathe. Trees act as stable carbon stores on their leaves and bark.

Trees combat greenhouse

The cutting down of trees, burning fossil fuels and destroying tropical rainforests causes billions of tons of a greenhouse gas to be released into the air. The ultra rays from the sun, reflected back from the earth is trapped in this thickening layer of polluted gases, causing temperature rise . Planting more & more trees combat climate change and helps preserve the Earth’s ecosystems.

Spiritual Benefits

Trees reduce stress

Trees can significantly reduce workplace stress levels and fatigue that we carry around with us every day. Trees provide spiritual inspiration and retreat space.

Trees help recover faster

Hospital patients have been shown to recover faster from surgery when there is a view of trees out of their windows. Trees help retreat patients with less complications.

Trees heal

The Almond tree gives us the promise of sweetness and delicacy. The Apple tree has many magical and healing characteristics. Bamboo is the symbol for healing of the heart. It is associated with the elements of Air. The Banyan tree has the ability to survive and grow for centuries.

Economic Benefits

Tree products

Many products are made from trees such as medicines, gums, furniture, books, newspapers, sports items, pencils, and house materials. Fruit trees provide delicious nutrition for the entire neighborhood and sustainable income for poor.

Trees increase value

The value of a home with trees is 10-20% higher than those of non-landscaped home and increases neighborhood advantage and speeding up sales.

Trees combat poverty

Reforestation offers the opportunity for communities to empower themselves through the development of local economies and infrastructures. Planting trees in deforested areas can increase agricultural revenue and help combat poverty.

Trees reduce costs

Air-conditioning is lowered in a tree-shaded house and companies will use less fossil fuel use, less demand placed on their infrastructure thus reducing operating costs. The trees can reduce your cooling costs in the summer.

Trees increase revenue

Studies have shown that businesses premises with welcoming and inviting ambience for shoppers who tend to linger and spend more time shopping, resulting in some cases in a business increase of up to 10%.

Trees increase comfort ratings

Comfort ratings were about 80% higher for a tree-lined sidewalk compared with those for a non-shaded street. The quality of products ratings is 30% higher in districts having trees over those with barren sidewalks.

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