Community Tree Planting

Neighborwoods 2025

Thank you, Grand Rapids!

We kicked off our 2025 fall planting season with Neighborwoods on September 26th and 27th. We planted 200 more trees during these two days, gave away 40 trees, had 199 amazing volunteers, and logged 600+ volunteer hours for the Oakdale and Boston Square Neighborhoods in 2025.

Stay tuned for Neighborwoods 2026 dates!

ArborFest & Neighborwoods

2025 Sponsors & Partners

AHC Hospitality

Friends of Grand Rapids Parks is an equal opportunity provider. This program is funded by the Inflation Reduction Act and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Urban & Community Forestry Program. ArborFest and Neighborwoods 2025 are in partnership with the Mayor’s Greening Initiative, City of Grand Rapids, Boston Square Neighborhood Association, and Oakdale Neighbors.

Your Impact, By the Numbers

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Unique Achievements

Our Community Came Together

We’re deeply grateful to the MLK Park Neighborhood and King Park Neighbors for their incredible support. This year’s success shows what we can achieve together:

  • Record-breaking 90% neighbor participation. That’s double our usual acceptance rate!
  • 30+ free container trees found new homes with local residents.
  • Neighbors joined the planting efforts and provided refreshments for volunteers.
Special Thanks!

Special thanks to Tiffany Fant (Mo Photography), Yummy in the Tummy for community celebration lunch, Wimee from PBS, and our friends at Miigwich who blessed the land and shared traditional corn soup with all participants.

Neighborwoods in the Press

Community Success Makes Headlines

Local media highlighted Neighborwoods’ unprecedented turnout and impact. Coverage focused on record-breaking neighborhood participation, successful tree distribution, and strong volunteer support that made last year’s event exceptional and will continue to carry through our 2025 event. 

WOOD TV8 | Neighborwoods 2025
The Shelley Irwin Show | Neighborwoods 2025
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