Trees offer so much value to your home, and now you can calculate just how much.

These beautiful trees offer this homeowner about $112/year in environmental and economic benefits.

Thanks to a handy new Internet tool at i-Tree, you can now calculate the benefits of planting various trees on your property before you invest.

By entering information about the type and size of tree installed on your property, you can learn about the specific benefits it can provide to your home. For example, a red maple with a 12-inch diameter (measured 4 feet from the ground) installed near a single family house will provide $52/year in benefits from the get-go. This figure comes from a combination of stormwater, property value, energy, air quality, CO2 reduction and ecological savings, all of which are detailed by the site search. Once that same tree reaches a 23-inch diameter size, its benefits will increase to $132 annually.

Go try it out for yourself here.

For more information on the benefit of trees, check out our recent newsletter article on trees, or go to the USDA’s Urban and Community Forestry’s website.

Thanks to Plantique President Mike McShane for sharing this link. For more great landscaping and gardening ideas, visit our tips & FAQs, newsletter archive and photo pages.