Windz of Change Alliance, University of Washington Botanic Gardens and Tacoma Tree Foundation partner to deliver the Urban Forest Symposium every year. The symposium brings together a diverse audience of Tribal Peoples, arborists, land managers, academics, policymakers, designers, program managers, municipal planners, non-profits, volunteers, students, and advocates to focus on timely local urban forest topics every year.

Given the current state of our country, the increasing impacts of resourcing shortfalls and climate change, how do we maintain our relationships with each other to keep Urban Forestry and eco-cultural systems work moving forward? How do we ensure momentum we have built doesn’t disappear? Our Symposium is a meaningful venue for people to connect, build, strengthen, steward, and expand relationships collectively for creating actionable solutions together.

Let’s gather to celebrate, rejuvenate, rebuild, and re-Indigenize!