The Phillies have been planting trees in the Philadelphia for five straight years, and they continue to do so this week. Along with the Philadelphia Horticultural Society, the team will plant nearly a thousand trees this week as part of the “Plant One Million” project.
The club made the commitment to planting trees five years ago with the “Home Runs for Trees” initiative. Before this season, the team planted more than 700 trees through the program.
161 of the trees will be tagged with the names of each Phillie that hit a home run during the 2016 season through the “Home Runs for Trees” initiative.