Email draft for MRA

Show your support! Please copy and paste the email below. Make sure you include the fact sheet. Subject: Save the Date: Legislative Briefing on the Municipal Reforestation Act and the Shade Tree Update Bill, May 4, 10 a.m. Email body: Dear Advocate of Urban Forests, We are excited to invite you to the legislative briefing on the Municipal Reforestation Act….Read more

Seedling Planting Instructions

Congrats on your new seedling! With the proper care, this seedling will grow to be a healthy tree. Please plant your seedling as soon as possible. Read below for instructions on how to plant and care for your new seedling Received a seedling? Register it today Siting: Though your seedling is small now, we hope….Read more

Celebrate Arbor Week 2023

Join us April 21-29 as we celebrate trees In the spirit of community, Speak for the Trees, Boston, is proud to announce a series of events to celebrate trees and all they give us. We hope you can join us either in-person or online to acknowledge, thank, and honor trees. Trees are critical for our….Read more

Job Announcement: Tree Care Associate

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Tree Care Associate Join our team and help Boston’s trees thrive!   Founded in 2018, Speak for the Trees is an urban and community forestry nonprofit in Boston focused on improving the size, health, and equity of Boston’s urban forest. The organization works closely with community groups and residents to transform the urban….Read more

Plant trees for Black Lives in Dorchester on Arbor Day (Apr. 28)!

Ekene Ijeoma and Poetic Justice Group are organizing a plant-in for Black Forest in Boston in collaboration with Speak for the Trees and local volunteers. We’re collecting the names and stories of Black lives lost to Covid-19 in Dorchester and planting about 12 trees for them in Loesch Family Park on Friday, April 28th, from….Read more

Job Opening: Community Tree Specialist

Join our Team and Help Plant Trees in Boston We are pausing acceptance of applications for this position. Speak for the Trees is hiring for a full time Community Tree Specialist. The‌ Community Tree Specialist will lead the organization’s projects related to tree siting, tree planting, and tree care. This will include scoping and selecting….Read more

Are you a Boston teen interested in climate change, the environment, and trees?

Applications for the 2023 School Year Program are no longer being accepted. Stay tuned for updates on the 2023 Summer program Join the Teen Urban Tree Corps and become part of a team that is working to improve Boston’s urban forest through education, tree care, and tree plantings As a member of the Teen Urban….Read more

Seedling Giveaway Feedback Form

Thank you so much for being part of our ArborWeek 2022 celebration. Please take a moment to fill out this feedback form, so we can hear about your experience and improve our seedling giveaway plan for ArborWeek 2023. Don’t forget to send in any photos from your event to [email protected]. Thank you!

A Week’s Worth of Tree Celebration coming to Boston, April 24-30

Speak for the Trees, Boston announces their celebration of Arbor Week in collaboration with over a dozen community partners, including the Arnold Arboretum, The American City Coalition, and Boston College. In-person and online events, including forest bathing, a reading and writing event, and free-tree giveaways,  will be held from April 24 through April 30. All….Read more