The mission of Our City Forest is to cultivate a greener, healthier urban environment and a renewed sense of community by involving Silicon Valley residents in the understanding, planting and care of the urban forest.

Call (408) 99-TREES or visit www.ourcityforest.org for more information on how you can receive a FREE tree for your parking strip, school or area park!

Want to learn more about Our City Forest and the many benefits of trees? Call our education and outreach team at x123 to schedule a FREE informative presentation for your club, classroom, afterschool program, church, senior center, etc.

To get involved, please contact our volunteer coordinators at x105:

Volunteer opportunities:

General Volunteer

Every Saturday morning from 9am – 12pm at our Tree Planting events.
•    Also, we have occasional office volunteer work; the hours vary, but are flexible.
Time Commitment:
•    Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm *at least 1 hour commitment per shift
•    For tree planting events, mandatory 3 hour commitment (9am – 12 pm).
•    Please view website for Events Calendar

Tree Amigo Volunteer

Take our 18-hour Tree Amigo course and become certified to be a tree planting or tree care coach at neighborhood and school plantings. Tree Amigos can also opt to perform other volunteer activities in addition to or in place of tree planting.
Minimum hours per month: 4