Volunteer with us as we join The Greening of Detroit for a fun filled day of planting trees and helping to expand Detroit’s canopy cover. All ages are welcome and training and tools will be provided on-site.
Since 1989, The Greening of Detroit, a nonprofit, has planted over 166,000 trees in the City of Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park. They continue to plant along city and residential streets and within parks and playgrounds.
Trees are key to any urban areas quality of life, public health, and provides enumerable environmental benefits. They help reduce extreme heat, manage stormwater, and create and clean the air we breath.
Event Date/Time: Saturday, March 21, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Volunteers Needed: 20
Location: Piwok Park | 12226 Visger Street Detroit, MI, 48217 | Map
Parking: We will send you the exact planting site meeting location details as they become available
Sign up at Bloomerang Volunteer: https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/volunteer/#/join-party?k=vrkpycaaspm95m
Questions: clare@saydetroit.org
Attire/Other Info:
- Wear close-toed work shoes / boots
- Bring work / gardening gloves (they will have gloves available on-site if needed!).
- Dress for the weather & to get messy (They plant rain or shine, please wear layers)
- Training and tools (shovels, etc.) will be provided on-site.
- Bring water Bottle / Snack (They will have a refillable water jug on site)
- They will have a clean port-a-potty on-site for volunteers to use.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
The Greening of Detroit requires volunteers to sign up on Eventbrite so volunteers can complete waivers. For your convenience, we will register you for the event on your behalf once you have signed up with us. Your signup here will include the necessary waivers. You will receive a confirmation message from Eventbrite when we have registered you! Please make sure your home address and phone number are up to date.
Because each individual volunteer must complete waivers, we cannot allow group registration for this event: every volunteer must sign up on Bloomerang individually.
You must sign up through Bloomerang by March 18th so we can sign our group up through Eventbrite.
**Please select the specific shift in Step 2 of registration or your spot will not be reserved.**
