Green Tacoma Day
Green Tacoma Day, hosted by the Green Tacoma Partnership, is an annual day of service where volunteers come together at various sites to participate in tree plantings, hands-on restoration, exploring local green spaces, and engaging family-friendly learning activities. Whether you’re a seasoned volunteer or it’s your first time, you’re invited to take part in activities that help protect and restore the natural areas in your neighborhood. Participants of all ages are welcome to join in individual actions or group efforts to care for Tacoma’s environment.
Site options include:
- Wapato Hills Restoration Work Party
- Wapato Hills Tree Planting
- Franklin Park Native Planting & Habitat Restoration
- Pierce County Free Tree Giveaway, Nature Walk, & Work Party
- Clover-Chambers Watershed Festival & Flett Outdoor Lab
- UW Tacoma Stormwater Drain Marking
- qʷiqʷəlut Salt Marsh Restoration Work Party
- Adriana Hess Wetland Work Party
Activities
What will volunteers be doing at the event?
While the exact tasks at hand vary, our projects focus on improving the open spaces, forests, parks and canopy cover in our local cities. Healthy ecosystems and thriving forests are vital to our community because they absorb and naturally filter rainwater, produce clean oxygen, provide living spaces for wildlife, and create a place for people to connect with the outdoors.
In order to create healthy forests and riparian zones, the work can include:
- Caring for existing plantings
- Installing new native plants and trees
- Removing invasive species such as:
- English ivy
- Himalayan blackberry
Dress to Impress!
For your safety and comfort please bring:
- Clothing that can get dirty
- Long pants and sleeves
- Sturdy shoes (closed toed shoes required, no sandals or flats)
- Rain gear and warm layers (the event will happen rain or shine)
- Full water bottle!