Berlin City Tree

Berlin City Tree — known in German as the Stadtbaumkampagne ("City Tree Campaign") and presented under the banner "Stadtbäume für Berlin" (City Trees for Berlin) — is a public fundraising and planting programme run by the State of Berlin through its Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment (Senatsverwaltung für Mobilität, Verkehr, Klimaschutz und Umwelt). Rather than a commercial product line, it functions as a civic brand: a named, trademark-style campaign identity under which Berlin residents, businesses and donors can sponsor the planting and early care of street trees in the city's twelve districts. The campaign exists because Berlin, despite being one of the greenest metropolises in the world with more than 430,000 street trees, has had to fell many roadside trees in recent years and — for financial reasons — has not been able to replace them all from the public budget alone. The Stadtbaumkampagne closes that gap with donations. According to the official campaign page, planting and specially caring for a Berlin street tree during its first three years costs roughly 3,000 euros on average. Donors can give to a specific district; once 500 euros has been raised for a tree, the Senate contributes the remainder from state funds. The campaign publishes an overview of donation districts so supporters can see when and where planting takes place. The programme is administered within Berlin's city information system, berlin.de, and its technical contact is handled by the Stadtbaumkampagne team, with the site operated as part of the Berlin.de platform. The responsible Senate department is headed by Senator Ute Bonde, with State Secretary for Mobility and Transport Arne Herz and State Secretary for Climate Action and the Environment Andreas Kraus. The department's imprint lists its seat at Am Köllnischen Park 3, 10179 Berlin. Planting is seasonal and weather-dependent. The official page notes that the autumn 2026 plantings of the Stadtbaumkampagne in the districts of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Mitte, Neukölln and Tempelhof-Schöneberg are scheduled to begin around the start of November 2026, while locations in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Reinickendorf, Spandau and Steglitz-Zehlendorf are to be planted in spring 2027 — subject to the campaign continuing with donation support after the Berlin House of Representatives election. In short, Berlin City Tree is best understood as a state-run civic brand and donation platform for urban greening: it markets not a product but participation, letting citizens and sponsors directly fund the replacement and care of Berlin's street-tree stock.

The Berlin City Tree campaign — Stadtbaumkampagne, presented as "Stadtbäume für Berlin" — emerged from a specific municipal problem: Berlin's street-tree stock. Berlin is described by the campaign itself as one of the greenest metropolises in the world, with more than 430,000 street trees. However, many roadside trees had to be felled in the years before the campaign, and, for financial reasons, the city was unable to replace them all from its own budget. The campaign was created to let the public help close that gap through donations. The programme is run by the State of Berlin through the Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment. Its logic is straightforward and published openly: planting a Berlin street tree and giving it special care during its first three years costs roughly 3,000 euros on average. Donors can direct their contribution to a chosen district, and once 500 euros has been raised for a tree, the Senate adds the remainder from state funds. The campaign maintains an overview of donation districts so that supporters can see when and where planting occurs. The campaign operates within Berlin's official city information system, berlin.de, and is technically supported by the Stadtbaumkampagne team, with the site run as part of the Berlin.de platform. The responsible Senate department is led by Senator Ute Bonde, alongside State Secretary for Mobility and Transport Arne Herz and State Secretary for Climate Action and the Environment Andreas Kraus; the department's imprint lists its address at Am Köllnischen Park 3, 10179 Berlin. Planting is organised in seasonal rounds and depends on weather. The official page notes that the autumn 2026 plantings in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Mitte, Neukölln and Tempelhof-Schöneberg are to be carried out from around the beginning of November 2026, while locations in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Reinickendorf, Spandau and Steglitz-Zehlendorf are planned for spring 2027 — provided the Stadtbaumkampagne can continue with donation support after the election to the Berlin House of Representatives. As a brand-like civic identity, Berlin City Tree has no conventional corporate history of founding, mergers or listings. Its "history" is the ongoing, cyclical record of fundraising and planting rounds across Berlin's districts, sustained by public donations and matched state funding.

• Campaign established as a donation-based programme to replace felled Berlin street trees

• Autumn 2026 planting round scheduled for Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Mitte, Neukölln and Tempelhof-Schöneberg from around early November 2026

• Spring 2027 planting round planned for Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Reinickendorf, Spandau and Steglitz-Zehlendorf

A state-run civic greening campaign that lets citizens and sponsors directly fund the replacement and care of Berlin's street trees, with the Senate matching donations from state funds.

• Street tree sponsorship

  Donors contribute to the planting and three-year care of a street tree; once 500 euros is raised, the Senate adds the remainder from state funds.

• Donation-district overview

  An overview showing when and where planting takes place across Berlin's districts.

1. 1Stadtbäume für Berlin - Berlin.deberlin.de
2. 2Über uns - Berlin.deberlin.de
3. 3Leitung - Berlin.deberlin.de
4. 4Impressum der Senatsverwaltung für Mobilität, Verkehr, Klimaschutz und Umwelt - Berlin.deberlin.de
5. 5Berlin City Tree - Wikidatawikidata.org