Saratoga teams with San Jose nonprofit to subsidize residential tree planting

The city of Saratoga has teamed with the San Jose nonprofit Our City Forest to help subsidize the cost of residential tree planting.

Private property owners in Saratoga will soon be able to receive a free 5-gallon tree or a 50 percent discount on up to two trees, the result of a new two-year contract the city council authorized with Our City Forest at its Aug. 21 meeting.

The contract includes a payment of $50,000 to the nonprofit, which provides urban forestry programs and services in Silicon Valley.