Harbor Park at Lake Baldwin (4990 New Broad St, Orlando, Florida 32814). In the Fall of 2015, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer launched an ambitious goal to strengthen Orlando by building our urban forest and expanding the tree canopy.
To achieve this goal, the City of Orlando launched the ‘One Person, One Tree’ program, an effort to engage private residents in creating a cooler and greener future for The City Beautiful, and help grow our urban tree canopy to 40% by 2040.
At Walk For Trees, every registrant received one free tree from a selection of tree saplings. They were asked to
plant this tree in their favorite location so that the tree can make
Orlando a better place. Orlando is proud to be listed as a Tree City USA since 1976, named a Sterling Tree City USA in 2011 and received a Tree Growth Award every year since 1990.
April 10th, IDEAS For Us and the City of Orlando launched the inaugural “Walk For Trees event” around Lake Baldwin to support Orlando’s tree programs, with a goal of raising enough funds to plant 1,000 trees in Orlando.
The event had local celebrities, elected officials, nonprofits, food trucks, and more.
It was a beautiful day. I soaked in the sun as I sketched the Orlando Philharmonic musicians who performed that morning. $30 Tickets were available for a 5K walk around the lake with proceeds going to IDEAS for Us. IDEAS works to solve environmental problems on campuses and in communities around the World. Since 2008, they have been supporting people and developing their ideas into solutions that solve the environmental crisis. Their approach to sustainability focuses on five key areas to catalyze local action.Those are: Energy, Water, Food, Waste and Ecology.