DATE: Saturday, April 25, 2026 This event has SOLD OUT.
TIME: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
WHERE: Buncombe County Interchange Building
59 Woodfin Place, Asheville, NC 28801
The NC Bradford Pear Bounty is a collaborative program between NC State Extension, NC Urban Forest Council, NC Forest Service and NC Wildlife Federation. The program’s goal is to help encourage and educate landowners and businesses to be aware and remove Bradford Pear trees from the landscape.
The beauty of the Bradford Pear tree (Pyrus calleryana) is only skin deep. Once appreciated for its amazing spring blooms, it has now become a landscape hazard with brittle branching and an invasive plant pest invading wooded areas and gardens around the area.
Requirements and Registration
If you have a Bradford Pear tree and want to participate in this program see the requirements and how-to preregister here. Before and after photographs must be brought to the event.
Discounts for Bradford Tree removals may be available.
Tree removal is the homeowner’s responsibility. However, several tree care service providers are offering discounts for those participating in this program. Click the links on this page to visit their websites!
Questions?
Call N.C. Cooperative Extension, Buncombe County Center 828-255-5522.
*This program is a partnership with the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Buncombe County Center and funded by the Extension Master Gardener℠ Association in Buncombe County, and in partnership with Asheville GreenWorks who will be providing the trees for this year’s Bradford Pear Bounty.