New Leaf Society

Formed in 2007 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, New Leaf Society is designed to work through partnerships to enhance quality of life and economic prosperity in Alamance County by planting trees and creating public landscaping projects.

In its first year, NLS raised approximately $130,000 in private donations to meet the challenge set forth by Founder Allen E. Gant, Jr., who pledged to match contributions with $100,000 per year for three years. The funds were used to landscape highways and main thoroughfares in the Burlington area; now funds are invested throughout Alamance County. To date, NLS has leveraged more than $5.6 million of investment in local communities.

Modeled after the Noble Tree Foundation in Spartanburg, SC, NLS generates funding to support curb appeal projects across Alamance County. To date, NLS has installed more than 100 landscape enhancement projects in Burlington, Mebane, Graham, Elon, Haw River, and Gibsonville.