In celebration of Arbor Week, April 24-30th, Speak for the Trees is offering Boston community groups, schools, and nonprofits free seedlings to distribute in their communities. This year we are providing the following species: white oak, tulip poplar, bald cypress, serviceberry, chinkapin oak, sweet gum, red mulberry, and Washington hawthorn. Each seedling will come in….Read more

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These teens created planting plans for 3 neighborhoods in Boston: Roxbury – Warren Street Hyde Park – Ross Field Mattapan – Wildwood Street Read the final report on our Summer 2021 TUTC program Final report Thanks to all those who visited and supported this program: Reverend Mariama White-Hammond Faye Rosin Rachel Brinkman Tiffany Enzenbacher Scott….Read more

Join WBUR on their Tree Capturing Project If you want to learn more about the work your tree is doing to capture carbon and store it, cool your air and clean it, too – here’s how. You’ll need: a smartphone and tape measure. Open the My Tree tool created by the US Forest Service: https://mytree.itreetools.org/#/ Put….Read more

We are grateful to Roxanne James for creating the story map below as part of her graduate work at Simmons College. The story is best experienced in full screen.

Every year we give away hundreds of trees to Boston residents. We would love your help in reaching out to residents who received these trees to check in to see how their trees are fairing. Interested in helping? Follow the steps below: Read our instruction manual. Fill out the form below. We’ll add you as….Read more

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Speak for the Trees is currently working to expand our youth education outreach programs with a 6th-8th grade urban forest curriculum focused on how to identify and measure trees, as well as learn about their benefits in an urban ecosystem. This is primarily a science-based curriculum with standards alignment, some interdisciplinary elements, and a theme….Read more