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!
CANCELED: Invasive Control Workday at Ball Perkins Park
Hi friends! Due to a scheduling conflict, we have canceled this invasive control workday. Join us on 10/26 for a tree planting OR on 11/2 for an invasive control workday at Provin Trails! We have teamed up with West Michigan Conservation Network partners to introduce invasive species control in parks around Grand Rapids. All the […]
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 […]
Community Cleanup and Volunteer Block Party
The community cleanup started as a grassroots effort in 2009 when a pair of westside residents got together with their neighbors! This event grew into a larger effort since and most recently had over 600 participants! This year, we spread the event out to make it more accessible to neighbors. We are focusing our cleanup […]
GR Bike Park Trail Day (with WMMBA)
Join Friends and WMMBA for an evening of general clean-up and trail maintenance at the Grand Rapids Bike Park! Bring water and work gloves,Tools will be provided,Kids welcome!
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 […]