Detroit Spartans | Dorais Playground Community Tree Planting

Project Description

Welcome to the Fall 2026 tree planting season! We can’t wait to get our hands in the soil with you! Join The Greening of Detroit and the Detroit Spartans for a day filled with tree planting!

Come out and plant trees in your community! Join us as we help to reforest Detroit!  Come join us for a fun-filled day of planting trees and helping to expand Detroit's canopy cover! All ages are welcome, and we ask that volunteers under 18 years old are accompanied by an adult/guardian.

Schedule Below:

 

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM-Volunteer Check-In

• Visit The Greening of Detroit tent to check yourself in for the event and receive a planting zone assignment.

10:20 AM - 10:30 AM-Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Volunteers are welcomed to the event and review planting logistics.

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM-Break into Zones for Tree Planting Demonstration

• Led by our Citizen Foresters, volunteers will learn how to plant, mulch, water, and apply tree guards.

10:45 AM - 02:00 PM-Tree Planting

• It's time to plant some trees! Staff and Citizen Foresters will be in your zone to help you along the way.

Community Partner - The Greening of Detroit

The Greening of Detroit Accommodations

• Children under 18 years must be accompanied by an adult
• -Wear close-toed work shoes/boots. -Bring work/gardening gloves (we will have gloves available on-site if needed!). -Dress for the weather and to get messy (we plant rain or shine. Please wear layers!). -Training and tools (shovels, etc.) will be provided on-site. -Bring a water bottle/snack (we will have a refillable water jug on-site!). -We will have a clean port-a-potty on-site for volunteers to use.
• Additional registration or documentation required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dorais-playground-community-tree-planting-tickets-1995997791124?aff=oddtdtcreator#location
  Please register directly on the eventbrite page

About The Greening of Detroit

Since 1989, we have planted over 177,000 trees in the City of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park. We continue to plant along city and residential streets and within parks and playgrounds.

Detroit is an urban area - that makes trees a vital part of city living. Trees are key to our quality of life, public health and provide enumerable environmental benefits. They help reduce extreme heat, manage stormwater, and create and clean the air we breathe. Now more than ever, we need to be protecting and expanding our urban forests!