Tree Sale Program
Surrey residents can buy quality trees at an affordable price to help grow the urban forest.
Our final sale of 2023 is now closed. Surrey Parks hosted four tree sales in 2023, with over 4000 trees sold. Future sale dates will be posted on this page, through social media, and our news and updates program.
New trees planted on your property help the environment, provide shade and insulation for your home, can increase your property value, and make your neighbourhood more livable. Each tree planted contributes to growing the urban forest and increases tree canopy coverage across the City.
Purchases are made online and then later picked up from the Surrey Operations Centre. Additional details below.
Upcoming dates
There are no upcoming sale dates. Future sales will be announced at a later date.
Eligibility & limits
- This program is for private properties in Surrey.
- Trees are only available to Surrey residents.
- Trees must be purchased using a credit card with a Surrey billing name and address. Purchases made with billing addresses outside of Surrey will be cancelled.
- Maximum three trees per Surrey address, based on your billing address. Additional orders using the same billing address will be cancelled.
How to buy
All trees are $20. The trees average 2 to 3 cm caliper size. Most trees are in 5- or 10-gallon pots and vary between 5 to 12 feet tall. Ensure your vehicle can accommodate this. We’re unable to guarantee the size of specific trees.
When sales open:
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Ensure you meet all eligibility requirements (see above).
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Select up to three trees.
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Proceed to your cart and choose your pickup time. Items in your cart are not held until payment has been processed.
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Add a note in the text box if someone else will be picking up your trees on your behalf. Limits apply.
- Enter your payment details using a card with a Surrey billing name and address and check out.
You will receive a confirmation email of your order as well as a reminder prior to the pickup date at the Surrey Operations Centre (6651 148 Street).
Trees are considered final sale after pickup.
Tree list
The September sale had 1000 trees available for purchase. Trees were sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
Photos may not depict exact variety.
Almond
Dulcis Halls Hardy
Halls Hardy Almond is a late-spring bloomer with masses of pale pink flowers following with bittersweet almonds that are good to eat or cook with. They can be harvested from early September to October. Grows to a height of about 15 feet and spread of 8 feet.
Info credit: Art's Nursery, Arbor Day Foundation, Canadian Tree Nursery
Apple
Chehalis
Produces large yellow-green apples with a sweet taste and crisp texture which are great for eating fresh or cooking. Requires full sun and pollination from a different apple tree with a similar bloom period growing nearby to fruit. Grows to a height and spread of 20 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plantfinder
Honeycrisp
Small tree, grows to 20 feet. Crisp red apples are tangy and sweet. Very popular for fresh eating and cooking.
Info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Liberty
Low maintenance and disease resistant. Bred to have resistance to apple scab, cedar-apple rust, fireblight and mildew. Fruit is a crisp balance of sweet and tart.
Lodi
Produces large yellow apples with a tart taste and firm texture which are great for cooking and baking. Requires full sun and pollination from a different apple tree with a similar bloom period growing nearby to fruit. Grows to a height and spread of 20 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Scarlet Sentinel
Small, narrow and columnar tree growing to 12 feet. Large greenish and yellow apples blushed with red.
Info credit: Art's Nursery
Cherry
Santina
The Santina cherry is a very attractive early variety with fantastic flavour and sweetness. Developed at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre in Summerland, BC, this variety was bred for the Canadian climate. The fruit is usually very firm, crunchy and split-resistant with a beautiful dark colour.
Info credit: BC Cherry
Photo credit: NetPS Plantfinder
Sweetheart
Medium sized, bright red fruit. Self-pollinating plant that is very fruitful. Great for eating fresh, baking and canning. Grows 14-16 feet tall with a spread of 8-12 feet. Needs a pollinator. Fragrant white flowers hang below the branches in early spring before the leaves appear. It has dark green deciduous foliage.
Photo & info credit: Art's Nursery & NetPS Plant Finder
Van
A popular and large fruit tree, smothered in showy white flowers in spring followed by sweet dark red cherries. Tall and upright, best for larger landscapes. Needs full sun, well-drained soil and a pollinator. Grows to a height and spread of 40 feet. Excellent for eating fresh, cooking, baking and preserves.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Dogwood
Red Pygmy
Multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Lovely pinkish-red bracts in spring cover this truly dwarf version of the species, has an upright habit; attractive red fruit in late summer, good fall color. Small size; grows to a height and spread of 6 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Satomi
Featuring red bracts, this dogwood forms a nice tree to 20′ high and wide. Nice fall colour as the leaves turn a deep purple-red. Hard to overuse this handsome plant.
Photo & info credit: Reimer's Nursery
Starlight
Growing to 30 feet, Starlight is a cross between the kousa and Pacific dogwood, and boasts beautiful large white bracts in late spring and lush green foliage throughout the season.
Photo & info credit: Reimer's Nursery
Stellar Pink
Covered with lovely pink flowers in the spring and green, yellow-tipped leaves which turn a stunning reddish purple in the fall. Grows best in full sun to partial shade. Grows to a height and spread of 18-25 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Magnolia
Magnolia – Blushing Belle
A vigorous, upright hybrid with large, soft-pink flowers. The hardiness of 'Yellow Bird' is combined with the large flowers of 'Caerhays Belle'.
Photo & info credit: Reimer's Nursery
Magnolia - Helen
Best in full sun. Flowers in March/April. Grows up to 15 feet tall with 13-foot spread. 10-inch flowers are red-purple, shading to pink towards the centre.
Info credit: Reimer's Nursery
Magnolia - Kobus
Small to medium, deciduous tree native to Japan. Known for being a multi-stemmed magnolia with a broad, rounded shape. Leaves are large (7–20 cm long), dark-green, pointed at both ends and obovate (like an upside-down teardrop). Brown spots cover twigs. Mature bark is grey-brown. Mature height to 30 feet.
Photo & info credit: Reimer's Nursery
Magnolia - Sun Sprite
Highly columnar, this tree is perfect for the modern compact garden. The 8-inch light yellow flowers with rose striping emerge only after the early frosts have gone. Fragrant and hardy. Mature height to 30 feet.
Photo & info credit: Reimer's Nursery
Maple
Paperbark – Acer griseum
Small, deciduous, flowering tree native to China. Leaves are opposite, serrated and have a distinct colour difference between the bluish-green top and pale green underside. Leaves have three separate leaflets on a small stalk. Known for its peeling, cinnamon-brown or copper, paper-thin bark. Branches grow upright. A slow grower with a height and spread of 20–30 feet and 15–25 feet, respectively. This tree grows more slowly than many maples and may take 20 years to reach full height.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Nectarine
Flavourtop
An exceptional selection, producing large, freestone nectarines with great flavour, smooth red skin, and sweet yellow flesh. High yield with excellent vigor. Susceptible to late spring freezes and disease; needs full sun and well-drained soil. Grows to a height of 15 feet and spread of 10 feet. Fruit from these trees is used for preserves, canning and eating fresh.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Other
Parrotia 'Persian Spire’
Columnar and upright. Enjoy exfoliating grey bark and a flush of beautiful leaf colours ranging from yellows, oranges to reds. Works well in a tight space.
Photo & info credit: J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.
Japanese Stewartia
This tree makes a great accent, with beautiful white flowers in mid-summer, bright red leaves in fall, and showy bark in the winter. It is a rather sensitive plant, needing shelter from wind and high-quality soil. Grows to a height of 40 feet with a spread of 30 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Pear
Bartlett
One of the most commercially popular pears, producing excellent quality yellow-green fruit in early fall. Very showy white flowers in spring and an upright oval habit. Very ornamental but fallen fruit can be messy and can be susceptible to fireblight. A very large tree that grows up to 45 feet tall and spreads 30 feet. Common uses include cooking, baking, juice-making, canning and eating fresh. Self-pollinating but will produce more if cross-pollinated.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder & Minter Country Gardens
Bosc (Semi Dwarf)
Dense tree with an upright spread. A popular fruit tree with yellow pears with russet skins. This tree does require a high level of care and upkeep. Height and spread of 15-18 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Conference (Semi Dwarf)
Long, firm light green pears with a sweet taste and firm texture. Grows to height and spread of 12-15 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder & Biringer Nursery
Flemish Beauty
This large-growing fruit tree features very showy white flowers in spring, and tasty yellow pears with a red blush in late summer. Has an upright oval habit, very ornamental. Needs a pollinator. Fallen fruit can be messy; susceptible to fireblight. Can grow up to 20 feet in height. Common uses include cooking, baking, canning and eating fresh.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Highland
A sturdy fruit tree which produces large, firm yellow fruit with a reddish-brown blush in fall; very showy white flowers in spring. Needs a pollinator; fallen fruit can be messy; can be susceptible to fireblight. Can grow up to 20 feet in height. Common uses include cooking, baking, juice-making and eating fresh.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Red Bartlett (Semi Dwarf)
Like Bartlett except with bright red skin and somewhat sweeter. Medium to large, thin-skinned. Excellent for eating and canning. Early September. Violet bloom colour. Grows to 10-15 feet tall with a srpead of 8-12 feet.
Info credit: Art's Nursery
Plum
Brookgold
Delicious golden plum, great for eating. Tender skin and juicy flesh. Showy white flowers in early spring produce large, tasty golden yellow plums in August that are good for eating or canning. Requires pollination. Useful as a specimen tree for all-season interest.
Info credit: Specimen Trees
Mount Royal European
A popular hardy fruit tree with showy fragrant white flowers in spring and loads of tasty blue prune-plums in late summer; an open, spreading tree, quite ornamental; needs full sun, well-drained soil and a pollinator. Grows to a height and spread of 20 feet tall.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
President European
A European variety popular due to their excellence performance as fresh eating and cooking plums, as well as their late ripening time which means they are available when many other plums are no longer in season. Requires a pollinator of a different European plum. Grows to a height of 16 to 24 feet.
Info credit: Silver Creek Nursery
Tree care
Learn more from the International Society of Arboriculture on planting a tree in your backyard and remember to water your trees regularly to keep them growing and healthy.
Questions
For help placing your order, call 604-501-5050.
For general inquiries, cancellations and refunds, email stewardship@surrey.ca. Include your order number if you have one.
