Volunteer

A full canopy of volunteer opportunities at Trees Atlanta

If you have a passion for trees and conservation, there is a perfect volunteer opportunity waiting for you at Trees Atlanta. We offer a wide range of programs and services that provide a fun and rewarding experience for our dedicated volunteers. Join us today!

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  Weekly Saturday Projects

  Perhaps the most popular volunteer activity is our weekly Saturday tree projects. This hands-on, “dig in the dirt” activity is a great way to meet new friends and get to know more about the community while also helping make it a better place to live. Join us each and every Saturday morning from 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon for hands-on tree planting, tree care, and forest restoration projects. It’s fun! It’s free! It’s a great way to meet new friends and get to know Atlanta.

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  NeighborWoods

  For more than a decade, the NeighborWoods volunteers have planted thousands of trees in neighborhoods all across the city. This program also educates community members on the benefits of trees and teaches proper maintenance for long-term tree health. Since NeighborWoods began in 2000, community volunteers have planted thousands of trees. Participating neighborhoods and cities to date include: Adamsville, Adams Park, Cabbagetown, Capitol View, Sylvan Hills, Decatur, Druid Hills, East Point, Edgewood, East Atlanta, Brookwood Hills, Glenwood Estates, Grant Park, Hapeville, Inman Park, Kirkwood, Old Fourth Ward, Peoplestown, Reynoldstown, Summer Hill, Peachtree Hills, Riverside, Underwood Hills, Vine City, and many more! Planning a project is easy. We require that a neighborhood or city (inside the 285 perimeter) have a need for 30 or more trees in front yards and/or public right-of-way, and also have neighborhood participation.
  
  Email Susan Cunningham today to turn your neighborhood into a NeighborWoods community.
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  Forest Restoration

  The Forest Restoration program brings neighborhoods together to work towards the restoration of existing forest areas. Though there are hundreds of acres of protected green space in metro Atlanta, this program is unique in that it seeks to remove invasive species, and restore and preserve our precious native green spaces. Trees Atlanta is combating invasive species through community-based removal projects, contractor spraying & removal, and replanting green space.
  
  Sign up as a volunteer to subscribe to our weekly volunteer emails and help us restore precious greenspaces, or email Brian Williams for more information.
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  TreeKeepers

  The TreeKeepers program is designed to educate volunteers by giving them a deeper, in-depth understanding of tree preservation. Participants receive specialized training and certification through classes, workshops, and hands-on demonstrations. Graduates of TreeKeepers are then able to lead projects for Trees Atlanta. Our Outreach program allows our volunteers to go out into the community and engage people in a dialogue about the importance of Atlanta’s urban forest. Through neighborhood events and festivals, our outreach volunteers seek to educate neighbors and bring aboard new volunteers to help with our many programs.
  
  For more information about TreeKeepers, email Kate Baltzell.
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  Outreach

  Outreach is one of the volunteer programs at Trees Atlanta. You can take the lead in educating your neighborhood about trees and also by helping us reach out to the greater community during events such as festivals. At events like the Inman Park Festival, the Sweetwater 420 Fest, the Earth Day Festival, Keeping It Wild, the Dogwood Festival, and more, we do our best to get the word out about our passion for trees, invite as many community members as possible to learn something new about the city in which we live, and explore how we can make it even better together. Heck, part of the reason these festivals are so much fun is because we’ve got canopies of trees overhead, shielding us from Hot-lanta’s sun! So we invite volunteers to help us man our booths, explain our projects and prospects with fellow festival-goers, and help with set-up and clean-up. Pitching in keeps it fun and keeps us young!
  
  For more information on how to become a tree educator in your neighborhood, email Susan Cunningham.
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  Corporate Volunteer Opportunities

  The Trees Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Program provides an outstanding team-building opportunity for your organization, while also making our city a cleaner, greener, more inviting place to live and work. The program offers a nice change of pace from an ordinary work day, and gives volunteers a sense of accomplishment as teams plant trees, mulch and prune parks, and much more. Trees Atlanta Corporate Volunteer projects are also a great way to reduce carbon footprinting and give back to the Atlanta community.
  
  If you would like to participate in either our Corporate Sponsor or Corporate Volunteer Programs, please email Kate Conner.
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  Become a Trees Atlanta Docent!

  Trees Atlanta would love to train you to become a Docent for the Atlanta Beltline Arboretum Walking Tours!
  
  Docents are volunteer educators who undergo intensive training to further the public’s understanding of cultural and historical collections unique to the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum. With the help of Kaiser Permanente, Trees Atlanta launched the Docent Program in 2012 with its first group of energetic Docents! Training includes personal instruction from area experts on horticulture collections of the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum, history & design of the Atlanta Beltline, and much more!
  
  Requirements to becoming a Docent: Trees Atlanta member, Attending all training sessions, committing to leading 2 tours or projects per month, and prior horticulture knowledge preferred.
  
  Please contact Kate Baltzell, Education Coordinator, (kateb@treesatlanta.org or 404-681-4897) today if you would like to sign up, or if you have any questions regarding the Docent program.
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  Office Assistance

  Volunteers in the Trees Atlanta office help by performing general administrative tasks with pizzazz such as organizing, data entry, weekday tree care activities, and helping with weekday group projects.
  
  For more information about assisting in our office, email Joe Staley.