Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry

WHAT: Urban Forestry’s Tree Summit 2025: Tree Stories

WHERE: St Johns Community Center Auditorium (8427 N Central St) https://maps.app.goo.gl/g89Cz7nDMm1gqPNX8

WHEN: Saturday, April 5, from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join Urban Forestry for the 2025 Tree Summit and celebrate the stories of trees.

The Tree Summit is a FREE and FUN event, open to the public, for the purpose of increasing education and awareness around the importance of the urban forest.

Enjoy a morning full of engaging presentations!

This year the Tree Summit will feature New York Times best-selling author Amy Stewart speaking about her latest book “The Tree Collectors”, a collection of stories about people who have been transformed by their obsessive passion for trees. Dave Hedberg (Outdoor History Consulting), Ryan Gilpin (Nidus Consulting) and Thomas Meinzen (Vanport Placemaking Project) will present on their research to locate trees that may have survived the Vanport flood.
Urban Forestry will share findings from the Street Tree Inventory Project and demonstrate a new interactive Street Tree map and interactive website.

Community partners will be available for a social hour and meet and greet. You’ll have the opportunity to learn about their work to grow and care about our urban forest.

Refreshments will be served. Interpretive services available.