Callery Pear Buyback Event Pickup

The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP), in partnership with Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, Forrest Keeling Nursery, and the Missouri Department of Conservation, will host a Callery pear “buyback” program in locations around the state, including in Rolla, on April 22. On this date, citizens who register with a photo of a cut down Callery pear tree from their property will receive a free native tree.

Registration for the Callery Pear Buyback event is open from March 17 through April 17. To register, participants choose a native tree and submit a photo of the cut-down Callery pear tree. One free, non-invasive, native tree will be given to registered participants at the selected location on the day of the event, April 22, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. The local pickup location will be Audubon Trails Nature Center at 550 Meriweather Ct. in Rolla.  

Participants receive potted native trees between 2 and 4 feet tall, in 3-gallon containers. Trees of this size are easier to transport than larger ones, minimize stress on trees in the planting process, and allow MoIP to offer more trees in more locations to more Missourians.