Past Events

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.

Missed the event? Want to watch it again? Learn from Judith Foster, Jodyann Hanson, and Jeffrey Perrin about the Power of Nature to Heal. Judith, founder of HERO Nurturing Center Inc., shares about her personal and working experience using trees and nature to heal body and spirit. Jodyann, a first-year Clinical Mental Health Counseling student….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. Each seedling will come in its own….Read more

Mature trees sequester substantial amounts of carbon, something that saplings cannot accomplish for decades. The loss of even a single tree impacts air quality, heat levels, and storm water drainage. So every loss of a mature tree contributes to the climate crisis and impacts public health. Neighborhoods and towns with less wealth and more people….Read more

Our final tree event of the season! Looking to be outdoors, getting your hands dirty, and building Boston’s urban canopy? Join us as we plant 40 trees at Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park. No previous experience or tools necessary. Please come prepared for a day of fun wearing long pants and close-toed shoes. This planting is supported with a generous grant from TD Bank.