Tree Sale Program
Surrey residents can buy quality trees at an affordable price to help grow the urban forest.
Surrey Parks is hosting four tree sales in 2024. Future sale dates will be posted on this page, through social media, and our news and updates program.
New trees planted on your property:
- provide shade and insulation for your home
- increase your property value
- make your neighbourhood more livable
- help grow the urban forest by increasing tree canopy coverage
Purchases are made online and then later picked up from the Surrey Operations Centre.
Upcoming dates
April 17, 2024
Online store opens April 17 at 9am until May 1 (while supplies last). Tree pickup takes place Sunday, May 12.
Tree pickup location is at the Surrey Operations Centre (6651 148 Street).
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
Tree varieties for the April sale are listed below for reference.
Each sale has approximately 1000 trees available for purchase. Trees are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
Photos may not depict exact variety.
Apple
Beni Shogun Fuji
This variety is well known for its crispy, sweet apples good for eating fresh. Fruit ripens in September, the earliest out of all Fuji varieties. Resistant to disease including scab and mildew. Grows to a height of 11 feet.
Photo & info credit: Art’s Nursery
Gala
A small but productive variety that can function as an accent, shade, or orchard tree. Well known for its tasty red apples which can be eaten fresh or used to bake delicious goods. Requires full sun and well-drained soil. At maturity, it will stand to a height and spread of 20 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Golden Sentinel
A productive golden delicious-type apple, producing medium sized fruit with a gold touch. A new columnar apple from the breeding program at AgCanada's Summerland Research Station.
Photo & info credit: Art’s Nursery
Lodi
Produces large yellow apples with a tart taste and firm texture which are great for cooking and baking. The perfect combination of accent and fruit tree. Requires well-drained soil and full sun. Grows to a height and spread of 20 feet.
Photo & Info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Mutsu
A hardy and flavourful green apple commonly used in cooking, baking, making sauces, or fresh eating. Showy clusters of white flowers in the spring. Requires well-drained soil and full sun. Grows to a height and spread of 20 feet. Also known as Crispin Apple.
Photo and Info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Red Gravenstein
Large, crisp, red apple good for eating fresh or used for cooking. Generally regarded for being slightly sweeter than the traditional Gravenstein apples. Prefers moist, well-drained soil and full sun. Grows to a height and spread of about 15 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder & Silver Creek Nursery
SnowSweet
A small and productive tree with showy white flowers and red fruit. Crisp, sweet and juicy apples are great for cooking, juice making, or eating fresh. Resistant to scab and fire blight, making it an excellent addition for home landscapes. Can grow to a height and spread of 15 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Spartan
A very hardy and popular, red-streaked apple with a greenish blush, good tart flavor, keeps well; the perfect combination of accent and fruit tree. Requires well-drained soil and full sun. Good for baking, cooking, or eating fresh. Grows to a height and spread of about 12-16 feet with the apples ready to pick mid-fall.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder & Cedar Rim Nursery
Cherry
Angela
A self-fertile and productive tree. Sweet and glossy black fruit ripen in July. Fruit is crack resistant. Grows best in well-drained soil and to a height of 12 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder & Raintree Nursery
Bing
The most common commercial cherry variety featuring showy white flowers in spring followed by sweet deep red fruit. Requires full sun and well-drained soil. Cherries, are dark red with black overtones and crimson flesh, are ready for picking from early to mid-summer. Pointy leaves turn yellow in fall. Grows to a height and spread of 40 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Glacier
Developed at Washington State University, this attractive, self-fertile fruit tree makes for a great backyard plant. Grows large, dark and crack resistant cherries that are sweet and ready to enjoy by mid-June. Requires full sun in moist, well-drained soil.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder & Art's Nursery
North Star
This compact fruit tree flourishes in full sun and well-drained soil. Grows to a height of 15 feet and spread of 10 feet. It’s smothered in fragrant white flowers mid-spring before its dark green leaves emerge. Dark red, sour cherries are excellent for pies or jam in early to mid-summer. Also known as Sour Cherry.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Rainier
Popular fruit tree with showy white flowers in spring followed by sweet golden-yellow cherries with a reddish blush; needs full sun and well-drained soil. Grows to a height and spread of 25 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
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. Fragrant white flowers hang below the branches in early spring before the leaves.
Photo & info credit: Art’s Nursery & NetPS Plant Finder
Vandalay
Vandalay is a cross between Van and Stella sweet cherries. Produces large quantities of deep red cherries that are firm, crack resistant, and have excellent flavour.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder & Raintree Nursery
Dogwood
Blue Shadow
Large blue-green leaves with white bracts. Has attractive bluish-green foliage that turns yellow in the fall. Relatively low maintenance tree and a good choice or attracting birds to your yard. Does best in full sun to partial shade. Grows to a height of 30 feet and spread of 25 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
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. Grows to a height and spread of 6 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder & Missouri Botanical Garden
Satomi
Featuring red bracts, this dogwood forms a nice tree to 20 feet high and wide. Nice fall color as the leaves turn a deep purple-red. Hard to overuse this handsome plant.
Photo & info credit: Reimer's Nursery
Venus
A fabulous hybrid covered with huge white blooms in spring, and foliage that changes to a rich red in the fall; vigorous grower with an erect habit and slightly pendulous branches makes it a great choice for a front yard accent tree. Grows to a height and spread of 20 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Magnolia
Butterflies
Beautiful small tree to large shrub. Fragrant yellow cup-shaped flowers in spring followed by dark green leaves that turn copper in fall. Relatively low maintenance. Grows to a height of 20 feet with spread of 18 feet. Best in full sun to partial shade and well-drained soils.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Kobus
Large, deciduous accent tree native to Japan. Low maintenance, hardy tree with broad, rounded shape. Fragrant, star-shaped, white flowers appear in early spring before its dark green leaves which turn yellow in fall. Grows to a height of 25 feet and spread of 20 feet. Best in full sun to partial shade and well-drained soils.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Maple
Paperbark
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 3 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
Japanese - Harvest Red
An attractive Japanese maple variety that can reach heights of 12-15 feet when mature. Grows upright, its broad, green leaves transform into a vibrant red shade 2 weeks later than other Japanese maples, adding to the variety of fall colours that the season provides.
Photo & info credit: Art’s Nursery
Japanese - Tsukasa Silhouette
Standing at 20 feet with a 5-foot spread, this slow-growing, low-maintenance tree features a dense, columnar form with vibrant green leaves that transform into stunning orange and red in the fall. Ideal for accents, hedges, or containers, it thrives in full sun to partial shade, adding elegance to any garden.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Pear
Bartlett
The most commercially popular pear, produces excellent quality, yellow-green fruit in early fall, very showy white flowers in spring and an upright oval habit, very ornamental. Can grow up to 20 feet in height. Common uses include cooking, baking, juice-making, canning, and eating fresh.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder & Minter Country Gardens
Bosc
Dense tree with an upright spread. A popular fruit tree with yellow pears with russet skins. This tree requires full sun and a high level of care and upkeep. Grows to a height and spread of 15-18 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
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. It has an upright oval habit and is very ornamental. Can grow up to 20 feet in height. Common uses include cooking, baking, canning, and eating fresh.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder & Cedar Rim
Moonglow
A fast-growing fruit tree that can reach up to a height of 25 feet and a spread of 20 feet. Produces sweet, light green pears commonly used in cooking, baking, or canning. Requires full sun.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Nijisseiki Oriental
The most popular Asian pear, and among the most ornamental too; consistently produces loads of delicious oblong to rounded yellow-green fruit in summer. Flowers render the tree a white-out in spring, orange-red fall color. Grows to a height of 35 feet and spread of 25 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Red Bartlett
Like Bartlett except bright red skin and somewhat sweeter. Medium to large, thin skinned fruit in early September. Excellent for eating and canning. Violet bloom colour. Grows to height of 10-15 feet with a spread of 8-12 feet.
Info credit: Art’s Nursery
Reddy Robin
A unique hybrid between Japanese and Chinese pears, this variety flourishes in full sun and can reach a height of 15 feet. This fruitful tree is scab resistant and is regarded as a beginner-friendly plant. The pears’ crisp, reddish orange colour captures both the look and subtle flavour of apples.
Photo & info credit: Raintree Nursery
Shinko Oriental
An attractive Asian pear variety. This upright, spreading tree produces delicious, golden-brown fruit in late summer; flowers profusely in early spring; presents a striking orange-red fall display. The pears have a sweet taste and a juicy texture. Will grow to be about 20 feet in height with a spread of 20 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Plum
Early Golden
Upright, spreading, ornamental tree that requires full sun. Sweet, firm fruit are ready for picking mid-summer. Clusters of fragrant white flowers bloom in early spring before the leaves emerge. Leaves turn yellow in fall. Grows to height and spread of 20 feet.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Early Italian
Similar to Italian, but sweeter, slightly larger and more productive. This variety produces large, freestone purple skinned fruit. Shorter growing season requirement than Italian (ripens 1-2 weeks earlier). Grows to a height of 8-12 feet with a spread of 8-12 feet.
Info Credit: Art’s Nursery
French
Self-fertile, mild flavoured, deep reddish black plum. Great for canning or drying. Grows to a height of 12-15 feet. Requires full sun.
Info credit: Biringer Nursery & Nature Hills
Stanley
Showy white flowers in spring followed by large violet fruit ready for picking in early fall. Grows to a height and spread of 20 feet and requires full sun.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Other
Nyssa Sylvatica - Julia Waters
A deciduous tree that will grow to 40 feet at maturity. Its green leaves turn an eye-catching crimson in the fall. It is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Seven-Son Flower
This uncommon, multi-stemmed tall shrub has lime green leaves in spring, creamy white flowers in late summer, attractive pink fruits in the fall and shaggy red bark. With its open, upright-sprawling growth habit, it can grow up to 15 feet with a 12-foot spread. It’s relatively low maintenance but benefits from regular pruning. A great choice for attracting butterflies.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
Sourwood – Oxydendrum arboretum
Medium-sized, growing to 30 feet. An uncommon yet very ornamental small accent tree with something for all seasons; drooping panicles of urn-shaped flowers in late spring followed by similar seeds, brilliant red fall colour.
Photo & info credit: NetPS Plant Finder
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.
