Past Events

The Class of 2023 at Four Rivers Charter Public School has just completed a documentary film on the complex challenges of cities to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The film, Plants Through the Pavement: Green Space Inequity in Boston, explores the concept of urban wilding;  the history, preservation, and future promotion of forestlands,….Read more

Join activists from Boston and learn about their efforts to preserve and protect tree canopy and urban wilds under threat. In addition, two renowned doctors will present about the dangers of PFAS and artificial turf.  Guest speakers are Dr. Kyla Bennett, PEER’s Director of Science Policy and Dr. Sarah Evans, Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine….Read more

Join us to reflect and celebrate our work over the past year. This is a hybrid event. Light refreshments will be served.

In partnership with Stop & Shop Restore, Artisan’s Asylum, and the new Allston-Brighton Tree Alliance, we are excited to be at the Artisan’s Asylum on Saturday, October 29th. We are eager to “branch out” into one of Boston’s most diverse and active neighborhoods.

Tree giveaway season is here! Join Speak for the Trees for our Roxbury Tree Giveaway at the Haley House Thornton Street Farm on Saturday, October 15th. We are excited to be in partnership with Accenture and to share space with our local farming community. Species include: Celestial Dogwood, Seven Sons Flower (Heptacodium miconioides), Japanese Stewartia….Read more

The mission of Boston Urban Forest Friends (BUFF) is to bring together people, organizations, and resources to expand awareness about trees and the public health benefits they provide, increase the equitable distribution of trees, help Boston’s urban forest grow and thrive, and advancing climate resiliency. Join our May meeting to be held on Zoom. (Recording….Read more

In celebration of Arbor Week, Speak for the Trees is offering Boston community groups, schools, and nonprofits FREE seedlings to distribute in their communities. We’ll be distributing a variety of tree species, including white oak, tulip poplar, bald cypress, serviceberry, chinkapin oak, sweet gum, red mulberry, and Washington hawthorn.

Join writers Fay Ferency, Jess Rizkallah and Letta Neely as they read aloud their nature and tree-centered poetry and guide participants in a brief poetry writing workshop. Participants will then have the opportunity to enter the outdoors, craft their own tree-inspired poetry, and share their creations with the rest of the group, all alongside the assistance of the writers.

Missed Roxanne’s event? Watch it below! Join us to learn about a health and racial equity analysis of the Boston urban canopy, especially in underserved and under-canopied neighborhoods, led by SFTT MassCEC Intern and Simmons University Grad Student Roxanne James! During this event, you’ll analyze and come to understand environmental conditions that lead to negative….Read more

In Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) worldview, Nookomis Giizhik holds our world in balance. She is present at all of our ceremonies and surrounds us our entire lives. One of her names is Nookomis, my grandmother. Register below to come learn about this amazing being from speaker Wendy Geniusz, and, perhaps, start to see the world through a new lens.