Honor a LOVED ONE, MEMORY, or GROUP by ADOPTING a tree

What is Root for Roo?

Root for Roo is a tree adopting program that provides everyone an opportunity to create living tributes, permanent memories or just a chance to always be part of Bonnaroo in a unique way. As a member of the Root for Roo your living gift will improve air, water quality, reduces erosion and global warming, provide wildlife habitat, and add that always welcomed shade for fellow Bonnaroovians.

Member Benefits

Name your own tree to celebrate a loved one, special occasion, commemorate your group or more. Your tree will either be a 3”- 4”Caliper, Tulip Poplar or Oak tree.
A plaque with a picture of your tree planted on site.
Tree Tag that lives on the tree so when you come to Bonnaroo you can find your tree.
A portion of your gift is donated to the Bonnaroo Works Fund to support their sustainability efforts.
A personalized tree tag on the Root for Roo website that contains info about your tree (name, donors' name(s), location, inscription, etc) Track your tree with yearly profile updates and new pictures (coming soon).
A portion of each gift is tax deductible.

Environmental Benefits

Trees can, like sponges, help sequester carbon.
Trees provide habitat for wildlife, food for people and animals, and stabilize the soil.
Planting trees in the right place can cut cooling costs up to 50 percent.
Trees clean the soil and slow storm runoff.
An average size tree creates sufficient oxygen in one year to provide oxygen for a family of four.
Trees clean the air.
A newly planted whole forest, can change tones of atmospheric carbon into wood and other fibrous tissue, thus reducing global warming.
Trees act as windbreakers and fight soil erosion.