The Elm Research Institute (ERI), a non-profit organization, has grants for communities wanting to restore elms to their public landscapes.
Here is how the Elm Research Institute's Liberty Elm Tree Grant Program works:
- For every six 1-to 2-inch caliper or four 2- to 3-inch caliper Liberty Elms ordered, ERI will donate one 3- to 4-inch caliper Liberty Elm from bagged-in-burlap stock.
- The free Liberty Elm is presented in the purchaser's name as a gift to the city, town, or college, that person chooses for planting on public property.
Each Liberty Elm comes with a warranty against Dutch elm disease.
The Elm Research Institute is a not-for-profit Organization dedicated to restoring the American elm (Ulmus Americana), 11 Kit Street, Keene, NH, 603-358-6198.
For more information about
- the American elm (Ulmus Americana),
- Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma ulmi), and
- disease resistant cultivars (cultivated varieties)
please see
Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses (5th edition) by Michael A. Dirr, August 1998, Hardcover, ISBN: 0875638007, Publisher: Stipes Pub Llc.
