Tacoma Tree Foundation invites you to join Sarah Low and Alejandro Fernández for a morning stroll focused on living in the present moment with trees. Meet at the Swan Creek Parking Lot Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:30-11:30. Acompañe a Sarah Low en una caminata matutina donde nos enseñará cómo practicar la atención plena con ayuda > Continue Reading
Tacoma Tree Foundation has two big community tree planting events coming up this fall, and we are looking for some volunteers to step into a leadership role October 7, 2023 from 1-3pm! TTF Tree Captains are volunteers who will take a leadership role by supervising a small team of fellow planting volunteers. These teams will > Continue Reading
Tacoma Tree Foundation invites you to join them on October 12 at 11:00AM in Point Defiance Park's PNW Native Plants Garden for a fun walk through the winding paths of this magical place! Roses are red. Violets are blue. Sugar is sweet. But which of these is native to the Pacific Northwest? Find out what > Continue Reading
Green Tacoma Day is an annual day of service that offers great opportunities for the Tacoma community to get to know each other and our local green spaces. This year’s celebration will be on Saturday, October 14, 2023. Participants are encouraged to take individual actions and participate in volunteer activities to help protect and restore > Continue Reading
Tacoma Tree Foundation invites you to join Sarah Low and Tacoma Urban Forest Friends (TUFF), October 14th from 2-3pm, for a walk that begins with a celebration of the Wheelock Library's majestic Pin Oak Tree. From the library, we will take an hour long walk and learn fascinating facts about the "celebritrees" that grace this > Continue Reading
Tacoma Tree Foundation invites you to a webinar introducing Arboreal Biomechanics October 23, 2023 from 11:30-1pm. In this webinar, we will learn the basic physics behind failure and how to maintain trees to minimize their likelihood of failure. Trees provide many benefits to our communities but they also present a risk. Understanding what makes a > Continue Reading
Tacoma Tree Foundation invites you to King's Books November 1st from 12-1pm to learn the story of Wright Park's development. The development of this city park shaped the city in many ways, and historian Melissa McGinnis will join us to teach how this "unwieldy piece of nature" was transformed into an oasis of natural yet > Continue Reading
Join Tacoma Tree Foundation in growing Tacoma's tree canopy with "Branch Out", a tree giveaway collaboration between multiple community partners to collectively grow the Tacoma-area urban forest. Pre-ordered trees will be available for pick up November 4th from 11-1, pre-order for your tree must be made by October 15th, click here! Walk-up tree giveaway from > Continue Reading
Tacoma Tree Foundation invites you to a free webinar "Making a Way out of No Way-Creating a Home in the Landscape of the PNW" with demonstration from Dr. Sifuentez, November 13th from 6-7PM. People of Color in the Pacific Northwest have utilized various methods to remake the landscape to reflect their own identity. In this > Continue Reading
Tacoma Tree Foundation invites you to join Seattle based writer and translator, Wendy Call for the "Ode to the Trees of Tacoma" workshop December 7th from 5:30-7:30pm. Enjoy a talk about iconic Tacoma trees, savor poems about trees, and even write your own ode to trees. No experience with poetry is necessary; all are most > Continue Reading
