Get Involved

VOLUNTEER

There are many opportunities to get involved in supporting Seattle’s urban forest. Volunteering is a great way to teach your kids about their environment, bond with your spouse, get acquainted with your neighbors, meet that special someone, get some exercise, reduce stress, forget about work AND Keep the Emerald City Green!

Green Seattle Partnership
The City, the Cascade Land Conservancy, and Seattle’s residents have joined together to form the Green Seattle Partnership working to restore 2,500 acres of forested parkland by 2025. Volunteers remove invasive plants, plant new native trees and understory plants, and perform long term maintenance and monitoring of restoration sites.  Green Seattle Partnership works in collaboration with many "Friends of"/"Adopt-a-Park" groups and organizations working on forest restoration. Events happen every week year round. Send an email to learn more: info@greenseattle.org

Trails Program
The Trails Program works with volunteers to address the need for trail maintenance, trail construction, and trail development standards. To learn more call (206) 684-4122

Heritage Tree Program
Nominate a special tree to be recognized and celebrated as a Heritage Tree. This program is a partnership between Plant Amnesty and the Seattle Department of Transportation.

Traffic Circle Volunteers
Beautify your neighborhood by adopting a traffic circle.

COMMUNITY PARTNER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Nature Consortium is a locally-based, grassroots organization whose mission is to teach environmental lessons through the creative arts and hands-on conservation projects. They accomplish this mission through an Urban Forest Restoration program in the West Duwamish Greenbelt, a Youth Art Program and the annual Arts in Nature Festival. To get involved contact them at (206) 923-0853 or info@naturec.org

EarthCorps is a Seattle-based nonprofit with a mission to build global community through local environmental service. EarthCorps promotes strong communities, healthy habitats and young leaders. Since 1993, EarthCorps has trained hundreds of young adults (ages 18-25) from around the world in environmental restoration and youth development. EarthCorps leads hands-on service programs for over 10,000 schoolchildren, youth and community volunteers each year. To volunteer, see www.earthcorps.org/volunteer.php

Plant Amnesty is a non-profit organization to stop mal-pruning of trees and shrubs. But we have many programs to raise general awareness of the value of trees and how to care for them so that they can live long and healthy lives (a tree downtown lives an average of 7 years, in the city 20 years, in the woods 150). Find out more about Plant Amnesty's Events and Activities.

Seattle Parks Foundation manages tree donations to city parks through their Tree Donation Program and offers people an opportunity to give a living legacy. All gifts are tax-deductible, and will support our parks by ensuring the health of Seattle’s vibrant urban ecosystems and tree canopy.

FREE TREES

Neighborhood Matching Fund – Tree Fund
The Tree Fund, a component of the Neighborhood Matching Fund, provides free trees to neighborhood groups to enhance the City's urban forest. The City provides the trees, and neighbors share the work of planting and maintaining them.

Bridging the Gap Tree Planting
The Seattle Department of Transportation
(SDOT) plants over 800 street trees per year. SDOT is interested in finding neighborhoods where about 100 trees can be planted within an approximate 4 to 5-square block area. For more information call 684-TREE (8733).