Tree Planting
Grab a friend and help us plant more trees in Grand Rapids! Locations are chosen closer to the day of planting, so sign up and keep an eye on your email for details!
Neighborwoods Tree Planting — Day 2
Neighborwoods Tree Planting — Day 1
ArborFest Kickoff at Mammoth Distilling
Celebrate trees and the people who plant them as we kick off the 9th Annual ArborFest in partnership with the Mayor’s Greening Initiative! Join us at Mammoth Distillery Tasting Room from 4:30-7pm on April 25th. Registration is not required, but there’s a good chance you’ll leave wanting to plant 250 trees with Friends in the […]
ArborFest Community Tree Planting — Day 2
Meet us at Martin Luther King Park on Saturday, April 27th, for the second day of ArborFest, our annual spring community tree-planting event. Bring a friend (or a group of them!) and help us get 250 new trees in the ground in the Martin Luther King Park Neighborhood! Lunch will be provided between shifts for […]
ArborFest Community Tree Planting — Day 1
Meet us at Martin Luther King Park on Friday, April 26th, for the first day of ArborFest, our annual spring community tree-planting event. Bring a friend (or a group of them!) and help us get 250 new trees in the ground in the Martin Luther King Park Neighborhood! Volunteer shift time: 1-4pm Volunteer registration is […]
Veteran’s Day Sapling Planting
Join with Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, and Executive Director and US Army Veteran Stacy Bare to plant trees in honor of Veteran’s Day at Ball Perkins Park from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. The City of Grand Rapids had to remove a section of Ball Perkins Park that was being taken over by invasive […]
Neighborwoods – Day 2
The last day of September and the first of October brought out sunny clear skies, and the perfect temperatures for planting trees. With over 150 volunteers for the Neighborwoods event in partnership with the Mayor’s Greening Initiative, we planted 200 trees over three 3-hour shifts—finishing them all with an hour and a half to spare.
Neighborwoods – Day 1
The last day of September and the first of October brought out sunny clear skies, and the perfect temperatures for planting trees. With over 150 volunteers for the Neighborwoods event in partnership with the Mayor’s Greening Initiative, we planted 200 trees over three 3-hour shifts—finishing them all with an hour and a half to spare.