Don’t forget to sign up and share with Boston’s community folx SFTT led Community TreeKeepers training. Come learn with us and lets advocate for a more just and green Boston. Check out the upcoming training sessions below:

• Tuesday October 29, and Wednesday October 30th, from 3pm to 6pm at East Boston Public Library
• Wednesday November 4th, and Thursday November 5th, from 3pm to 6pm at Hyde Park Public Library
• Wednesday, November 20, and Thursday, November 21 from 3pm to 6pm at Sasaki offices in Chinatown.

Join us for a fun day of planting 12 trees and other fun activities at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Mattapan on Friday November, 1st from 9am to 12pm.

We are planting 10 trees at Ronan Park in Fields Corner Dorchester and we can’t do without your input! Fill out this survey so your voice is included in the planning and decision-making process. Community planting day is scheduled for Saturday November 16th from 10am to 2pm.

Join Speak for the Trees and Artist for Humanity in two community input sessions one coming up on Tuesday, October 29th, and Wednesday, November 13th, both input sessions will be from 5pm to 6pm. To conceptualize the art piece that will go in Ronan Park with the Artist for Humanity’s young artists. Show up for these young artists and the community!

On October 15 and 16, we had the pleasure of hosting Dan Lambe, CEO of the Arbor Day Foundation, and members of his team. As part of their visit to Boston we introduced them to the fruits of our partnership and the trees we've planted throughout Boston. (Plus, coming from Lincoln, NE, we got to introduce them to our favorite pupusas at Tu Metapan in East Boston!)

As part of a collaboration with Mystic River Watershed Association, our Community Tree Specialist Jon Cheney trained 6 local "tree ambassadors" on how to properly plant trees. With help from Chelsea DPW and staff from MyRWA, we planted 5 trees at Malone Park. The ambassadors will take these skills and their learnings from our TreeKeepers curriculum back to their neighborhood and work with residents to plant dozens of trees in Chelsea, Somerville, and Everett.

Stumpisode (from Terrestrials)

As dead as they seem, tree stumps are hubs of life and relationships. Co-host Lulu Miller is back with another season of her hit spinoff show Terrestrials , and to celebrate, we’re sharing the first episode with you. From stumps to snags, dead wood provides habitat for rodents, falcons, insects, and even humans. Stumps hold together the forest floor, give hunting perches to birds of prey in flatlands, prevent erosion and the encroachment of invasive species, usher in sunlight, provide nutrients, store renewable fuel, and hold onto stories human beings might have forgotten. Without these ghosts of trees past, nothing would be the same. Scottish author, artist and lover of tree stumps, Dr. Amanda Thomson, leads Lulu on a “tour de stumps,” a journey across space and time to learn about some of the most magical stumps on the planet.