This past summer, much of the New England region received less than half the usual amount of precipitation. Prolonged, repeated heat waves combined with very little rain caused crop losses and degraded ecosystems, including the urban forest. The impacts of the drought are visible right now with many trees losing their leaves earlier this fall….Read more

Youth supported Boston’s trees and Boston’s trees supported them.   As the summer comes to an end, so does our summer Teen Urban Tree Corps program. During the six week summer program, these teens visited 200 trees and watered them once a week, providing each tree with 10 gallons of water. All in all, these….Read more

Tune in to a short discussion between our Executive Director David Meshoulam and Rob Lane, Associate Producer at WBUR, about the heatwave’s effects on young trees in Boston and what local Bostonians can do to help.   Transcript: Rob: Boston’s urban trees are struggling to survive amidst the drought conditions and scorching temperatures. David Meshoulam….Read more

As the summer continues, our Teen Urban Tree Corps youth have continued their watering routes. They have been watering 3 days a week, watering an average of 20 trees a day, helping these young trees survive the summer heat and drought. They are now experts not only in use of the hydrant, but also in….Read more

Teens in Speak for the Trees’ Teen Urban Tree Corps program have been off to a great start watering Dorchester’s Street trees. 15 Boston teens began their summer youth employment in early July with various training sessions that included tree identification, tree biology, tree care, and safe use of fire hydrants. Thanks to the Boston….Read more

On May 14th, Speak for the Trees held a tree planting at Nira Rock in a partnership with the City of Boston’s Urban Wilds Program and the Friends of Nira Rock. Volunteers from the Friends of Nira Rock, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the rock climbing community at Northeastern University joined, as did SFTT board member Joseph Stein and….Read more

On Thursday, December 16, 2021, we were honored to receive a citation from State Representative Liz Miranda, Suffolk 5th, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives for our “Commitment to Environmental Work and Climate Justice.” Rep. Miranda stopped by our offices at the Fields Corner Business Lab in Dorchester and met with our entire team. She….Read more

On October 16th and October 23rd, Speak for the Trees hosted two tree giveaways for Boston residents at City Natives in Mattapan.

On Halloween, Speak for the Trees was honored to participate in the annual Franklin Park Zoo Howl, a daylight trick-or-treat event for children of all ages.

With the help from an amazing group of volunteers, on November 6th, we planted 40 trees at the Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park.