) As another person pointed out here, the CEO is making a lot of money and using wild trees in place of the cultivars I purchased. To this day the replacements have never fruited and I'm not entirely convinced it even is a plum tree.) Many others were scammed too, just google and scroll past all the hits from ADF website ( they probably do this so you don't find posts from people who have been scammed, keep going until you find them. They tried to blame their nurseries for the "mix up", which happened over and over ( I at first gave them the benefit of the doubt and asked for a replacement for my plum. All the care I put into these trees over the years just to find out they weren't what I purchased, I can never get that expense back. I ordered specific cherry and apple tree species back in the day, and what I found out too late was they are wild apple and cherries and not the Bing, Red Jonathon etc that I purchased. While some trees are actually what they advertise, many are not. The Trees are the important part of this, you are not a customer, you are a donor.Īside from the ridiculous amount of junk mail you'll get if you join, or the "free" trees that are never the ones you asked for, or are dead, with your donation: they do have a business where they sell trees. The 'order for arbor day' is a gift registry and sent out when your ZONE is ready, not when you are ready. Read the pamphlets that clearly state that they DO NOT guarantee anything at a certain time and your region and zone are not proper for just any time of year. So long story short, look into bare root and read everything before you order. Which is absolutely amazing for how short a time they where in shipment. But, I got them out and look them over, already have the water waiting to soak them and to my surprise they already have little leaves and shoots on them. They where damp and everything inside the bag was damp, it was very messy. I open them expecting complete bareroot trees (Which means they are literally in stasis). So, today (May 17th) mine arrived in a white ecosafe plastic sealer bag. NOTE: If you do not say you want the trees, or that you don't want the trees when filling out the form they will NOT SEND TREES. Card, some letter heads which I desperately needed, bookmarks and just a bunch of stuff that was well worth the 40 dollars already. So I sent them 40 dollars and they sent me updates and welcome letters to their membership along with some non-tree made paper gifts. My zone is marked on there between MAY and JUNE. I got the Tree Survey around November of last year, and the warning clearly shows when your trees will arrive based on your zone. They send personalized cards and things to the recipients and I have never not gotten a thank you after sending them in memorium. So I started sending the tree groves instead of flowers or bibles to people because doing so not only helps the planet but memorializes the person in a way many people don't think of. BARE ROOT TREES LOOK DEAD SOMETIMES THAT IS WHAT BAREROOTS ARE THEY ARE TREES IN STASIS FOR STORAGE PURPOSES UNTIL THEY CAN BE PLANTED- FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.
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