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  We hope you can find some great resources on this website that provide best practices in selecting trees, planting them, and caring for them, all specifically tailored to our climate and soil conditions in South Louisiana.

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  Membership is a tax-deductible contribution that helps us continue to lead and inspire the planting and sustaining of our community trees and green spaces.

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  Sometimes we just need more hands…interested in lending yours? Bring us your time and talents!

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  Caring for public trees and green infrastructure

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  Expanding healthy food access

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  Collecting data to manage our urban canopy

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• More than Paper®

  Raising awareness about the benefits of trees
• Aug 01, 2022 • News

  The Advocate: “The most common tree in East Baton Rouge? One type stands out among 63,000 counted so far”

  For most of the past decade, crews from Baton Rouge Green have canvassed city streets and parish roads and, one-by-one, counted trees.
• Jul 02, 2024 • News

  Join our Agroforestry Apprenticeship Program

  Agroforestry apprentices will receive a stipend and spend up to 12 months receiving training, education, and job experience from Baton Roots Community Farm, Baton Rouge Green, and additional partners. Apprentices will be positioned to enter the job market and contribute to critical work in horticulture, arboriculture, and urban agriculture, as well as community-driven programming.
• Apr 11, 2022 • News

  225 Magazine: Volunteering with Baton Rouge Green Protects the City’s Ecology & Economy

  Terms like “urban canopy” and “green infrastructure” might not mean much to most, but to the urban and community forestry wizards at nonprofit Baton Rouge Green, they mean the world.

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• Jun 07, 2023 • How To's

  Tree Selection Guide

  Looking for a great quick guide to tree and shrub selection? Baton Rouge Green has created a great downloadable resource for you with emphasis on native species that perform well here in the Capital Region.

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• May 02, 2024 • News

  What is the 1000 Tree Challenge?

  Over the next few years, several dynamic factors will align that provide unique opportunities to improve Baton Rouge roadscapes, our green infrastructure, our environment, and our quality of life as a community.
• Jun 07, 2023 • How To's

  Tree Planting Guide

  This simple brochure provides great instructions with helpful illustrations on how, where and when to plant trees, and even provides a helpful list of suggested tree species for the Baton Rouge area, with emphasis on natives.
• Jun 08, 2023 • How To's

  Bag the Ball Moss

  Ball Moss (Tillandsia recurvata), like the beloved Spanish Moss, is considered an “air plant” that is commonly found in the upper crown of the tree. Although it is native to parts of Louisiana, heavy populations in a tree can compete with that tree’s ability to photosynthesize, and our urban trees are often already under environmental stress.

• Success Stories

• Jan 10, 2022 • News

  BR Green, Bofinger’s & Lamar to give away 400 FREE TREES for LA Arbor Day on Saturday, Jan 22

  For our FIRST ANNUAL Tree Giveaway in celebration of Louisiana Arbor Day, Baton Rouge Green will be giving away 400 FREE TREES
• Dec 21, 2021 • News

  Thank you Baton Rouge for Sharing The Fruit! 2500 lbs. harvested for GBR Food Bank!

  Thanks to everyone who volunteered their trees for harvest, came out to pick, or helped at the loading docks! You made a difference!
• Nov 17, 2021 • News

  Let us Harvest your Fruit Tree for the Food Bank! Click here to register your Tree!

  Are you a fruit tree owner who would like our volunteers to come pick your fruit and donate it to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank? Register to have your FRUIT TREE harvested here:
• Sep 30, 2021 • News

  Check out the Tree List for our Tree Spree at Clegg’s Siegen: Saturday, Oct 23rd, 8am to 1pm

  Stock up for tree planting season with native & rare species!
• Apr 26, 2021 • News

  Lamar helps BRG spread the message: Bag the Ball Moss!

  Thanks to generous donations of advertising space and creative design from Lamar Advertising, an outdoor campaign to educate citizens and property owners about the spreading infestation of ball moss (Tillandsia recurvata) across Baton Rouge is about to launch.
• Oct 22, 2020 • News

  CALLING ALL CITRUS TREE OWNERS: Let us harvest your fruit for the Food Bank on Dec. 5th!

  Register to have your FRUIT TREE harvested here! Fruit tree registration will close December 2.
• Oct 21, 2020 • News

  The Advocate highlights BRG’s push for native species, considering trees infrastructure – Oct 20, 2020

  If you’re planning to add trees and shrubs to your yard, now is the time to do it.
• Oct 11, 2020 • News

  RESCHEDULED: THIS SATURDAY, October 17th! Tree List here!

  Baton Rouge Green and Clegg’s Nursery have teamed up for the fourth annual TREE SPREE, just in time for Louisiana tree planting season, which runs from December through February.
• Sep 28, 2020 • News

  BRAF features BRG "Green Machine" in Currents Magazine

  Article courtesy of Baton Rouge Area Foundation
• Sep 09, 2020 • News

  LAUNCHED: More Than Paper Statewide Multimedia Campaign

  Under the auspices of Baton Rouge Green, Louisiana Community Forests has created and launched a new statewide outreach program. More Than Paper is a branded multimedia campaign built to spotlight the numerous benefits and services trees provide for people.
• Jul 15, 2020 • News

  BRG Executive Director Selected by BRAF for 2020 Barton “Rising Star” Award in Excellence in Nonprofit Management

  Baton Rouge Green Executive Director Sage Roberts Foley was selected for the 2020 Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s John W. Barton Sr. Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award for “Rising Star” in the industry.
• Mar 13, 2020 • News

  Volunteer of the Year 2019 announced at Arbor Day Luncheon

  Thanks to Annette Barton & Malcolm Tucker, Richard & Claire Manship, Citizens Bank & Trust and LSU for sponsoring our annual Arbor Day Luncheon on January 17 at the LSU Rural Life Museum!
• Nov 20, 2019 • News

  Time to #ShareTheFruit! The Pick Event is SATURDAY, December 7th

  Share the fruit! Volunteers will be provided donuts and coffee, tools and instructions.
• Nov 19, 2019 • News

  SPREE FOR TREES: Win a $2,000 Shopping Spree at Hannon Jewelers – WINNER ANNOUNCED

  All proceeds benefit Baton Rouge Green’s mission: the planting and sustaining of our community’s trees and green spaces.
• Oct 16, 2019 • News

  The TREE SPREE at Clegg’s Nursery is Saturday, Nov. 2 – Check out the list of lovelies available

  Baton Rouge Green and Clegg’s Nursery have teamed up for the third annual TREE SPREE, just in time for Louisiana tree planting season, which runs from December through February.
• Jun 28, 2019 • News

  City of Baton Rouge awarded TREE CITY USA designation for 2018

  BR Awarded Designation by Arbor Day Foundation for 2nd Year Running
• May 10, 2019 • News

  “May The Forest Be With You” shirts available! Limited quantity

  Limited quantity… get ’em while they’re hot! (SMALLS & MEDIUMS ONLY!)
• Mar 29, 2019 • News

  BRG says ‘May the Forest Be With You’ on May 4th with 1,000 FREE Trees, sponsored by Enterprise

  These new trees, in three-gallon containers, will be free of charge and help to replace trees damaged and destroyed by the 2016 flood, as well as help prepare for future weather events.
• Feb 18, 2019 • News

  Baton Rouge General Sponsors Acadian Thruway Revitalization in Mid City

  Thanks to the generosity of Baton Rouge General, the work of the City-Parish Department of Public Works (DPW), and the persistence of Baton Rouge Green, a section of roadway in Mid City is being revitalized.
• Jan 31, 2019 • News

  Living Memorial Planting for John “The Coffee Man” Melancon

  White Oak Planted at St. Jean Vianney in Memory of John Melancon, Founder of River Road Coffees
• Jan 08, 2019 • News

  Louisiana Arbor Day is January 18! See what we’re up to…

  Baton Rouge Green has school planting, Baton Roots community farm Phase I, and more planned to celebrate Arbor Day
• Dec 15, 2018 • News

  PICK EVENT RESCHEDULED for Saturday, December 15th!

  Baton Rouge Green’s fifth annual City Citrus Pick Event, originally scheduled for Saturday, December 8, is being rescheduled due to inclement weather.
• Oct 31, 2018 • News

  Register for the City Citrus PICK EVENT – Saturday, December 8th – and help #ShareTheFruit!

  Help us share the fruit! Volunteers will be provided breakfast, tools and instructions.
• Oct 24, 2018 • News

  SUCCESS! Check out pictures from Green Up Red Stick 2018!

  Thank you Canopy Sponsors & Benefactors!
• Oct 07, 2018 • News

  Friday, October 19th @ Goodwood Library featuring Mid City Makers and Captain Green – Get your Tkts!

  Come out and support Baton Rouge Green!
• Sep 26, 2018 • News

  Clegg’s Tree Sale benefiting Baton Rouge Green SATURDAY, OCT 6th from 8am – Noon… Come see us!

  Clegg’s will DONATE a generous portion of the proceeds of all tagged “Baton Rouge Green Approved” trees sold directly to Baton Rouge Green.
• Sep 12, 2018 • News

  Living Roadways Sponsor Spotlight: Todd Graves & Raising Cane’s – 10+ years of support!

  Raising Cane’s has been a generous partner to Baton Rouge Green for over 10 years, having contributed nearly $50,000 in event and Living Roadways sponsorships.
• Sep 08, 2018 • News

  2018 Hannon Raffle Jewels to benefit Baton Rouge Green – Tickets just $25, available here!

  Tickets just $25 each – all proceeds benefit Baton Rouge Green. Only 300 tickets being sold!
• Aug 22, 2018 • News

  UPDATED: There’s still time! Email DOTD your comments for the record – tell them Baton Rouge’s trees are important to you!

  The upcoming I-10 Widening project will result in many trees being cut down and removed. Potentially hundreds. A multitude of these trees are part of Baton Rouge Green’s Living Roadways program.
• Jun 25, 2018 • News

  SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Turner Industries “Plants It Forward” With Baton Rouge Green’s Help

  This spring Baton Rouge Green installed 2,500 additional native shrubs and grasses at our Living Roadways site at College Drive and I-10.
• Apr 26, 2018 • News

  The Advocate: BRG’s 4,341 Living Roadways trees prevent 11 million gallons of stormwater runoff yearly

  Baton Rouge Green released a report stating that the 4,341 trees that the non-profit organization maintains along area interstates and major roads as part of its’ Living Roadways program are doing considerable heavy lifting in the environment.
• Feb 24, 2018 • News

  2/24/18 – Ball Moss Spreading Across Baton Rouge, Residents Concerned

  Baton Rouge residents are becoming increasingly concerned about the apparent spreading of ball moss across the city’s rich canopy. Baton Rouge Green has received numerous calls and emails on the subject.
• Feb 09, 2018 • News

  2/8/18 Daily Report: Baton Rouge Green, transportation officials to discuss fate of trees along I-10

  Baton Rouge Green plans to meet with state transportation officials in coming weeks to discuss what will happen to more than a thousand trees the group has spent years planting along a stretch of Interstate 10 slated to widened as part of a $600 million infrastructure improvement package.
• Jan 25, 2018 • News

  Wampold & Fetzer Receive Baton Rouge Green Award at Arbor Day Luncheon January 19

  or their planting of 88 mature live oaks on South Bluebonnet Boulevard, Preserve at Harveston developers John Fetzer & Mike Wampold were awarded the first Baton Rouge Green Award to be given in decades.
• Jan 15, 2018 • News

  BRG’s Celebration of 2018 Louisiana Arbor Week Included Plantings, Luncheon

  On Saturday, January 13, 2018, Baton Rouge Green worked with nearly two dozen volunteers to plant six 15-gallon Baldcypress, the state tree of Louisiana, as part of The Walls Project’s MLK Festival of Service 2018.
• Dec 27, 2017 • News

  Baton Rouge Green, BREC, EBR Parish Library System Dedicate Bicentennial Oak in Expressway Park

  Baton Rouge Green, in partnership with The Baton Rouge Bicentennial Commission, The East Baton Rouge Parish Library and BREC, will planted and dedicated a 27-gallon Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) in BREC’s Expressway Park in honor of Baton Rouge’s 200th birthday.
• Dec 09, 2017 • News

  2500 lbs of Citrus Fruit Harvested and Donated by 50+ Volunteers at 4th City Citrus Pick Event

  Baton Rouge Green held our 4th Annual City Citrus Pick Event on December 9th, with 50+ volunteers harvesting over 2500 lbs of citrus fruit from volunteer Citrus Shepherds
• Oct 28, 2017 • News

  Baton Rouge Green Distributes 1,000 Free Trees to Flood Victims in Livingston Parish

  Baton Rouge Green, in a partnership with The Arbor Day Foundation, Texas Roadhouse, and FedEx, distributed 1,000 free trees on Saturday, October 28th, to Livingston Parish residents.
• Oct 27, 2017 • News

  Almost PICKIN’ Time! Volunteer at the Pick Event, Dec 9th!

  Since 2013 Baton Rouge Green organized the City Citrus Pick Event each winter. At-home “Citrus Shepherds” who have well-established trees that produce more fruit than they can consume volunteer their trees to be harvested.
• Oct 11, 2017 • News

  Baton Rouge Green+ Clegg’s Tree Sale, Saturday, Oct 21st at Siegen Lane Location ONLY!

  Baton Rouge Green and Clegg’s Nursery have teamed up for a Tree Sale, just in time for tree planting season!
• Oct 04, 2017 • News

  InRegister Mag talks with our Robert Seemann about our BR tree inventory

  InRegister’s Jordan LaHaye chats with our own Robert Seemann about Baton Rouge Green’s work inventorying trees for The City of BR – check it out!
• Aug 24, 2017 • News

  Register Your Citrus Tree by September 30 for the 2017 Pick Event!

  Register your citrus trees to be harvested and Baton Rouge Green’s City Citrus project will send volunteers to your home on December 9th during the 4th Annual Pick Event.
• Aug 23, 2017 • News

  Living Roadways Sponsor Spotlight: Bayou Tree Service

  Bayou Tree Service has been a supporter of Baton Rouge Green for many years, but in 2017 came aboard as a Living Roadways sponsor for the first time.
• Jun 08, 2017 • News

  Do You Know What Your Trees are Doing for You?

  Have you ever wondered how many pounds of carbon your trees can absorb, or if they can dampen the impacts of storm water?
• Nov 28, 2016 • News

  2016 City Citrus Pick Event Scheduled for December 10th

  Join Baton Rouge Green with your friends, family, and community for our 3rd annual City Citrus Pick Event on December 10th, 2016!
• Dec 13, 2015 • News

  2015 City Citrus Pick Event a Huge Success

  On December 12th, 2015, volunteers harvested the extra fruit from trees participating in City Citrus pick event. All fruit harvested was donated to local food banks.
• Oct 25, 2015 • News

  2015 SUCCESSional Pocket Park

  On October 24, 2015, ExxonMobil partnered with Baton Rouge Green to celebrate National Neighborwoods Month by installing a new pocket park designed to improve a blighted lot on Sorrel Avenue in North Baton Rouge.
• Oct 19, 2014 • News

  2014 Love Your Block

  On Saturday, October 18, volunteers for Baton Rouge Green expanded the urban orchard and public green space originally planted last spring in North Baton Rouge.
• Oct 19, 2013 • News

  2013 Urban Orchard

  Through this project, BRG hopes to encourage neighborhoods to begin planting click for plan view fruit trees and shrubs that provide healthy snacks and food for the community.
• Jun 12, 2011 • News

  2011 Sunflower Project

  In a pilot program, three vacant lots in Old South Baton Rouge were transformed with colorful sunflower plantings as a community revitalization tool implemented through a partnership with the Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) and the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority (RDA).
• Nov 20, 2010 • News

  2010 Rosewood Subdivision

  Baton Rouge Green partnered with Habitat for Humanity to plant trees at newly constructed homes in this subdivision off of Burbank Drive.
• Sep 23, 2010 • News

  Old South Baton Rouge, 2010

  In August of 2010, Baton Rouge Green began attending community meetings of the South Civic Group at the Leo S. Butler Community Center.
• Sep 10, 2009 • News

  Valley Park Project, 2009

  BRG worked with Councilman Bourgeois’s office to find neighborhood contacts in the Valley Park community that helped plan a community meeting at the local Nairn Drive BREC Park.
• Nov 06, 2008 • News

  2008 Hooper Ridge

  With help from Ronnie Edwards, Metro Councilwoman-elect of District 5 and executive director of Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation (UREC), the final NeighborWoods planting of 2008 in Hooper Ridge subdivision took place on December 13th.
• Nov 01, 2005 • News

  2005 Melrose East

  Baton Rouge Green assisted Melrose East neighbors and businesses with a community greening project, helping guide dozens of volunteers in the planting of about 75 trees throughout 2005.

• Sage Roberts Foley

• Christopher Cooper

• The 1000 Tree Challenge

  Baton Rouge Green intends to plant and maintain 1,000 additional trees on critical Baton Rouge roadways by 2032, with your help.

• Honorary & Memorial Gifts

  For those who have just the spot for planting a tree to honor a loved one, we can arrange to plant a tree of your choice in a specific location, including your private property or a public space that will accept this gift and ensure the tree is cared for.

• Search Results

• Green Up Red Stick

• Clegg's Tree Spree

• Louisiana Arbor Day @ Burden & 1000 Tree Giveaway

• Jul 11, 2023 • How To's

  Landscaping Guide

  This handy flyer provides quick, useful information to homeowners and REALTORS about what goes into the yard. The tri-fold brochure gives uncomplicated guidance and directs readers to these online resource pages for details on specific tree and landscape topics.

• Frank Terrance

• The Pick Event

• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Citrus Pruning

  Check out this brief tutorial on citrus tree pruning that we created with our friends at the LSU Ag Center Burden Gardens!

• Raising Canes

• Dow

• Saurage Family

• Entergy

• Baton Rouge General

• First Horizon

• Crompion

• Exxon Mobil

• ISC

• Brown

• Performance Contractors

• Bofinger

• Rev

• Coca-Cola

• Amanda Martin

• Agway

• Emergent Method

• Team Automotive Group

• Paperless

• Wilson

• EMR

• Petroleum Service Corporation

• Lamar

• Greenleaf

• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Pruning BMPs with Dr. Ed Gilman

• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Roots, including Root Practices, Pruning with Dr. Ed Gilman

• Lindsey & Tom Easterly

• Mimosa Jewelry

• Roberts Family

• Sep 19, 2023 • How To's

  Spotting Tree Stress

• Sep 19, 2023 • How To's

  Find an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist

• Sep 19, 2023 • How To's

  View Tree Care Industry Association Member Directory

• Sep 19, 2023 • How To's

  View Louisiana Horticulture Commission - Professional Lists

• Sep 19, 2023 • How To's

  View Louisiana Licensed Arborists

• Baton Roots

  In 2019 Baton Rouge Green began establishing a citrus tree orchard in a previously open field (a former golf course fairway!) at BREC’s Howell Park, adjacent to the site of the Baton Roots Community Farm.

• College Drive at I-10

  When a local philanthropist looked at the College Drive interchange at I-10, he saw a blank slate in the heart of Baton Rouge that desperately needed attention. He called Baton Rouge Green to help.

• Devon Brits

• Amelia Gilmore

• Canopy Kids

  Look, learn, and discover with us!
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

  Looking for an adventure? Explore your yard with our Outdoor Scavenger Hunt. You never know what treasures you may find!
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Indoor Scavenger Hunt

  Stuck inside? No need to worry! Your home is hiding many items that are made from trees. Use our Indoor Scavenger Hunt to find them!
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Graph Your Yard

  Our yards and parks often have a mixture of deciduous and evergreen trees. Take a walk outside to graph the trees that surround you. For some extra fun, compare your yard's trees with a friend's!
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Outdoor Bingo

  Want a fun game to play with your friends or your family? Print out our Outdoor Bingo Sheets. First one to Bingo wins!
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Word Search

  If you love trees like we do, grab a marker to complete our tree-themed word search. Happy hunting!
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  What We're Reading

  We love a great book about trees and all they have to offer! Take a look at this list to check out what we're reading! You're in for a real tree-t!

• The Advocate

• Sherman Balhoff

• Turner

• Winston Horton

• May 24, 2023 • News

  BRG’s Replanting of I-10 Corridor featured in AASHTO Newsletter

  AASHTO’s Center for Environmental Excellence is touting the partnership between Baton Rouge Green and Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development as a new model for environmentally- and context-sensitive planning and growth.
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Tree Diagram

  This lesson is a great way for 1st and 2nd grade students to learn about the different parts of trees and what they do while also learning about text features such as diagrams and labels.
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Outdoor Bingo

  Want a fun game to play with your friends or your family? Print out our Outdoor Bingo Sheets. First one to Bingo wins!

• Galvez Tasting Room & Gardens

• Mar 14, 2025 • News

  Baton Rouge community groups start project to plant 200 trees across town

  The Walls Project and Baton Rouge Green are planting 200 trees across the city and it began today when 23 trees were put in the ground at Capitol Square, a public housing community on North 17th Street.
• Nov 25, 2024 • News

  Do you have a full citrus tree? Here's how to volunteer it to benefit the Baton Rouge food bank

  Fresh Louisiana citrus is a common gift of friendship between neighbors and loved ones. Sharing the fruit with others is in Baton Rouge Green's DNA, and the environmental nonprofit is now looking for volunteers for the 11th annual City Citrus pick event to help Louisianans in need.The organization is calling for volunteers to gather fresh citrus to deliver to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank which will distribute the fruit to the 11 parishes they serve. The event will be held 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 14. Volunteers will meet at the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank to get instructions before the event begins.

• Acadian Thruway Medians

  True stewardship doesn’t have an expiration date. Baton Rouge Green has been caring for these medians since 1990, despite vehicle damage, tree failures and pest infestations.

• Site Companies

• Richard & Susan Lipsey

• R.D. Phillips Family

• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Leaf Detectives

  This lesson is great for Kindergarten and 1st grade students. It allows them venture outside so they can describe and measure a leaf of their choosing.
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Tree Graphing

  This lesson is great for 2nd and 3 grade students. It allows them to share the changes they see in fall while also graphing the deciduous and evergreen trees on their school's campus.
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Why Mulch?

  This lesson is a great way for way for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students to practice using text evidence to restate and answer while also getting some hands-on experience as they mulch trees.
• Oct 29, 2025 • News

  2025 Pick Event is CANCELLED

  Baton Rouge Green will not hold the volunteer-led day of harvesting for the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank in 2025, due to the lack of citrus fruit available.
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Tree Benefits- High School

  This lesson is a great way for high school students to gather information on the benefits of trees and argue the need for mature trees on their school campus and in their community.
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Tree Benefits- Lower Elementary

  This lesson is a great way for 1st and 2nd grade students to discover and share the benefits of trees.
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Tree Benefits- Middle School

  This lesson is a great way for middle school students to learn about and calculate the benefits of trees on their campus and in their community.
• Sep 14, 2023 • How To's

  Leaf Study

  This lesson is great for 4th and 5th grade students. It allows them to head outside, collect a leaf of their choosing, and describe it so that it can be easily identified by a partner.