NC Bradford Pear Bounty-Wilkesboro, NC-SOLD OUT

(Updated: March 18, 2025, 12:09 p.m.)
The Wilkesboro location is SOLD OUT of trees as of 3/18/2025! Please check with other locations if you would like to swap out trees. Thank you for the success of this event!


NC Bradford Pear Bounty


Bradford Pear Bounty Program Requirements

  • Pre-registration is required.
  • Tree removal is the homeowner’s responsibility. Several tree care service providers are offering discounts for those participating in the program. See the removal discounts page for more information.
  • This is an event-based program. Participants MUST attend at the location and date/time of the event to pick up their trees.
  • Only the homeowner can register and receive replacement trees.
  • Any North Carolina resident is eligible.
  • A before and after photo must be brought to the event (i.e., a picture of the tree standing and a picture of the tree on the ground/cut). If the tree was not flowering when cut, an additional photo with a close up of the leaves or bark is required. 
  • Replacement trees are free, native, and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • One native tree is exchanged for each Bradford/Callery pear tree removal. Up to five (5) trees can be exchanged.


Have questions? Check out our FAQ page!


Source of Information Above : NC Bradford Pear Bounty


Press release: Bradford Pear "Bounty" Exchange announced for four NC cities
NC Bradford Pear Bounty Hosts Statewide Spring Events, Page 2 — program requirements and links