The Brookline Mothers Out Front tree team has put together two kits for Fall 2026 delivery. There is a total of 25 plants in each kit. This kit has shorter trees and is mainly shrubs. The Brookline Pocket Forest kit has taller plants – more trees than shrubs.

Your trees will be ready the first week of November 2026.
Plants will be packed in damp wood shavings and as bare roots. They will be wrapped in compostable kraft paper – typically cut down used leaf bags from the DPW piles! If not planted that day, they should be kept in a cool and shaded location. Garages are often ideal locations. Please also be mindful of rabbits, etc. If not planted within 48 hours, throughout the storage period, open the kraft wrapping and make sure that the root zone is still damp.
Each plant will have a tree tag attached. Each year, the tag should be checked for tightness and should be moved to smaller branches when necessary.
A printable list of kit contents will be provided so that home owners can keep track of the pocket forest and pass the data to the next home owner.
Your kit will also include instructions on site preparation – this will be emailed to you in the spring.
Please make sure you consider the risk of rabbit, vole, rat, and damage and the possible need of individually protecting each tree or creating a fence. Each of these animals has a different approach to destruction!

Orders are still being taken for 2026. Kits will be ready the first week in November.

Downy Serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea	3
chokeberry, black	Aronia melanocarpa	2
hazelnut, american	Corylus americana	3
hawthorn, washington	Crataegus phaenopyrum	1
Witch hazel	Hamamelis virginiana	1
Winterberry	Ilex verticillata	2
Northern Sheep Laurel	Kalmia angustifolia	2
Northern bayberry	Myrica pensylvanica	2
plum, wild american	Prunus americana	2
cherry, eastern sand	Prunus pumila	1
oak, bear scrub	Quercus ilicifolia	2
labradore tea	Rhododendron groenlandicum	1
rose, Virginia	Rosa virginiana	1
willow, pussy	Salix discolor	1
Coralberry	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	1

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