Wednesday 11-05-25 07:00 pm (Eastern)
Location: Virtual Via Zoom
What supports hundreds of species, is many degrees cooler than its surroundings, soaks up stormwater, is co-created by children and their elders in spaces no bigger than a tennis court, and becomes maintenance free within a few years? A natural, native “mini-forest” planted using the Miyawaki Method, of course. We’ll discuss what a mini-forest is, what it can do for your neighborhood, what goes into planting one, and why people all over the world are organizing their communities to plant mini-forests in the spaces around where they live and work.
Hannah Lewis is the author of Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World (Chelsea Green 2022), which was translated into French, German, and Italian, and is the 2023 winner of a Nautilus Book Award. Hannah has an MS in Sustainable Agriculture and Sociology from Iowa State University and a BA in Environmental Studies from Middlebury College. She lives in Minneapolis, where she works for the non-profit Renewing the Countryside to build sustainable local food systems and plant mini-forests
This program has been approved by the New Jersey Urban and Community Forestry Program for 1.0 NJUCF CEUs
This program is eligible for 1.0 Rutgers Master Gardener CEU.
For questions, contact mennist@arboretumfriends.net or lbencivengo@arboretumfriends.net
This program is free if you are registered to attend our 2025 Tree Symposium. For all others, the fee is $10.00.
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