Upcoming events
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Tree Stewards - Technical Training
Get the hands-on skills you need to plant and care for healthy trees in your yard or neighborhood.
Wonders of Wapato Hills
In this outdoor presentation with local botanist, Dr. Romey Haberle, we’ll walk up the trail to the summit of Wapato Hills.
The air we breathe with Ailene Ettinger
The air we breathe is essential to living a healthy life. This is why knowing about our neighborhood’s air quality is important. Join us as we learn more from Dr. Ailene Ettinger’s air quality research across Tacoma. Find out how her research came to be, which are Tacoma’s most impacted neighborhoods, and what we can do to mitigate air pollution.
Early Birders and Trees
Flock to Wright Park for an early morning birding walk and celebrate trees and our avian neighbors alongside Tacoma Tree Foundation, Strategic Nature, and community artist, Rachel Simmons.
FLOCK Workshop
Join Florida book artist and printmaker Rachel Simmons and local artist Yoshi Nakagawa for an afternoon of printmaking inspired by local birds and plants at the Tacoma Public Library’s Community Hub. Prior to the workshop, you can find resources to protect our local ecosystem by visiting the hallway resources fair we’re hosting for PNW Climate Week!
2026 Summer Volunteer Work Party
Join us behind the scenes as we help grow Tacoma’s canopy with site and tree maintenance.
Tree Stewards Training
This FREE day-long training with Tacoma Tree Foundation includes information on how to communicate about trees with their neighbors and how to engage in their Tacoma neighborhood in tree planting and utilize or promote different planting programs.
Up to 20 tree stewards will receive the skills they need to take local actions and engage with their communities about sustainability and stewardship.
Snacks, light refreshments and lunch will be provided. If the applications exceed 20 we will prioritize applicants from Tacoma’s Frontline Communities.
Tree Captains Training
Take Your Volunteering to the Next Level – Become a Tree Captain!
Support our community planting events by stepping into a leadership role. As a Tree Captain, you’ll deepen your involvement with the Community Tree Program, gain confidence in tree planting standards through hands-on training, and learn how to enhance volunteer engagement.
Tree Captains help make our events successful by creating welcoming learning environments, guiding small volunteer teams, and connecting with local residents. While prior volunteering or tree planting experience is helpful, it’s not required—just bring your enthusiasm and willingness to learn!
Please register by September 14, 2026.
Funding is provided by the City of Tacoma Urban Forestry Program, whose support makes these educational opportunities possible.
Residential Pruning Workshop
Community Tree Program Presents: Residential Pruning Workshop
Have you planted trees on your property over the last 5 years? Now that your trees are becoming established, learn how to keep them healthy and thriving into maturity with essential residential pruning techniques. All experience levels are welcome, join us for classroom learning as well as hands-on practice.
Join the City of Tacoma’s Construction Arborist, Shauna Willett and your friends from the Tacoma Tree Foundation for this hands-on workshop.
Funding is provided by the City of Tacoma Urban Forestry Program, whose support makes these educational opportunities possible.
Canopy Quest Launch Game Night
Join us for the official launch of Canopy Quest: Tacoma Tree Foundation’s in-house designed and produced board game! Come celebrate, play, watch, and learn about how trees get chosen for our urban spaces and their relationship to utilities and human-made structures.
Nature Explorers Spring Walk
Calling all Nature Explores! Come explore the evergreens of Titlow beach!
Take Root Fundraiser
Help us raise funds to make sure everyone has access to trees and their benefits! Purchase your tickets, sponsor a table, or make a donation today!
Tree Potting Party
Join Tacoma Tree Foundation and Pierce Conservation District, in potting up small tree plugs. All ages and abilities are welcome and no experience is required!
Monkey Puzzle - Sequoia Map and Roll
Come celebrate Bike Month with this unique tour of Tacoma’s neighborhood trees, where we will pedal and map a few of our Monkey Puzzle and Sequoia trees.
South Sound Sustainability Expo
Celebrate Earth Day with friends, neighbors, and local organizations dedicated to environmental sustainability in the South Sound.
Preparing Your Home Forest for Extreme Weather with Sarah Low
We will discuss the care and stewardship of your trees in the face of changing conditions. We will also share the most recent recommendations for preparing your home landscape for extreme events to help you manage risk on your property.
Donkey Creek Tree Share
Join your neighbors in welcoming spring and take home a free tree! A variety of tree species will be shared in small containers at this free, walk-up event. Assistance in species selection, planting guidelines, and general tree care will be provided.
Wondering and Wandering with Trees
Wander around with us as we answer wonderings regarding the trees at this historical park.
Chief Leschi Earth Day Tree Share
Celebrate Earth Day by adopting trees and shrubs after school
Fruits of the Land
What do the history and symbolism of the apple tree in Washington teach us about our changing relationship with the land, and the tensions and collaborations between Indigenous and settler cultivation practices?
AMVets Spring Tree Share and Plant Exchange
Adopt free trees in small containers, bring your own plants to share and learn practical pruning skills to use on your trees at home. Join the Tacoma Tree Foundation and AMVets community for this spring event! All are welcome and all resources are free!
Wetland Wonders with Romey Haberle
Come walk with local botanist Romey Haberle for an exploration of spring flowers and other botanical wonders of a lovely, forested wetland. Hidden away by dense vegetation on the SE corner of Tacoma Community college.
The Urban Forest in Your Classroom
Join local urban forestry, ecological restoration, and climate change mitigation practitioners for a two-hour workshop designed specifically for K through elementary school teachers. The goal of the workshop is to provide access to local knowledge about trees and native habitat science.
Hilltop Neighborhood Spring Walk
During our time together, we will walk Hilltop neighborhood streets to get to know the trees that Tacoma Tree Foundation has planted over the past year
Tree Walk Guide Training
Join us for a unique training opportunity where Sarah Low will share her years of experience designing walks that help people connect with nature.
Sky & Stone - Northwest Sinfonietta
This innovative and collaborative program opens with a newly commissioned piece by NWS clarinetist Angelique Poteat inspired by the famous Chuckanut Formation near Bellingham, Washington; followed by Rautavaara's concerto for birdsong and orchestra, Cantus Arcticus, and Beethoven's pastoral Symphony No. 6.
Green Blocks: Hilltop Planting Event
Green Blocks: Hilltop provides planting assistance to participants who need it. Volunteers make providing this integral service possible.
Our planting events are family and ability-friendly and we are available to accommodate multilingual speakers upon request. We welcome young kids and volunteers of all abilities to partake in the magic of planting a tree. It is important to us that our entire community be included in these events. When you register you can let us know what access needs you might need to engage fully.
** Green Blocks: Hilltop Planting Event is still on despite the fluffy spring snow! In the unlikely scenario that the snow freezes creating unsafe driving conditions, we'll announce a cancelation by updating this message here and post on social media. We're looking forward to spending time together Saturday! **
Down and Dirty: Soil Building Secrets for a Greener World with Ea Murphy
Learn how to recognize healthy soil, feed and nourish the soil food web, and build soil fertility using natural strategies and techniques available to everyone. Get down to the ground level for a soil-eyed view that will change the way you grow.
Bilingual Mindfulness Walk | Caminata de Atención Plena
Learn how to draw on our breath, feel our feet, and listen to nature to find solid ground, focus, and energy as we prepare for each day.
Se aprenderemos cómo respirar hondo, sentir nuestros pies, y escuchar los sonidos de la naturaleza para encontrar tierra firme, generar energía, y enfrentar cada día con atención plena.
Pints for Pines
Spruce up and join Peaks and Pints and Tacoma Tree Foundation to celebrate Beer Week!
Earthly Impressions | Impresiones terrenales
Be prepared to get creative and messy, meet community, and go outside in all weather alongside local artist Saiyare Refaei
SafeTREE Routes Planting Event
A partnership with The City of Tacoma and the Tacoma Tree Foundation is planting trees along suggested walking routes to school. The project aims to increase tree canopy near schools, improve neighborhood safety, and create healthier, cooler places for students and families to walk, bike, and roll to school and around their neighborhoods!
Spring Awakenings
In this talk, Sarah Low will help us understand how trees come out of dormancy, what happens as they and other plants start blooming, how wildlife responds, birds begin nesting, and what to look for as we spend more time outdoors.
Cost - Benefit Analysis of Tacoma Street Trees
Learn the value of the benefits provided by Tacoma’s street trees
Green Blocks: Hilltop Tree Requests Close
Get your street tree requests in by February 2nd by 9am! Check our project map on the program website to see if you qualify for free tree matching, tree delivery, planting assistance and summer supplemental watering.
Tree Stewards Training
Are you passionate about connecting your neighborhood with tree resources? Are you eager to learn more about how to care for your neighborhoods trees? Become a tree steward and gain essentials tools on how to connect with your community about trees and their collective benefits!
Plants as Teachers, Messengers and Climate Partners: Habitat Care and Adaptation in a Warming World
Join ecological restoration practitioner, Michael Yadrick, for this session which reframes habitat management as climate adaptation and explores how plants can guide our decisions about how we cool our green and blue neighborhoods.
Winter Wonder Nature Explorers Walk
Come wonder at trees this winter with Sarah Low! Bare trees give us a chance to learn about tree shapes, and evergreens teach us a lot about how trees survive in cold and warm weather. We’ll also learn about seeds, bark, and more! Bring your layers and water resistant shoes, and come join the winter fun!
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Please dress comfortably and according to the weather forecast. Consider bringing rain gear, warm layers, and waterproof shoes. Our walks happen rain or shine. We will be walking over paved and grassy park terrain.
This location is accessible by Pierce Transit bus on Route 48 Sheridan – M St. and Route 45 Yakima at the Thompson Ave & S 37th St stops.
Green Blocks: Hilltop Tree Requests Open
Get your street tree requests in by February 2nd! Check our project map on the program website to see if you qualify for free tree matching, tree delivery, planting assistance and summer supplemental watering.