Miyawaki /Mini-Forest Community Planting

Help Us Plant a Forest! 🌱🌳

Restore Our Roots Miyawaki Forest Community Planting

Friday, October 16 | 3:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 17 | 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. (it may end earlier depending on how many volunteers come out!)

Johnsontown Park– Meet at Dave Hatt Pavilion (or find us at the nearby planting): 122 Viaduct Ave, Downingtown, PA 19335

Join us for a special community planting event as we transform this space into a thriving native forest!

Together, volunteers will help plant thousands of native trees, shrubs, and groundcovers using the Miyawaki method—a dense, diverse planting approach designed to establish a healthy forest community. Your helping hands will create habitat for wildlife, support cleaner water, improve soil health, and help restore a resilient native ecosystem for years to come.

Come for one session or join us for both! No experience is necessary, and all are welcome. We’ll provide guidance, work gloves, hand trowels, light refreshments, and snacks.

What to Bring

If you have them, please bring:

• Reusable water bottle
• Shovel
• Wheelbarrow
• Work gloves

Ready to help us plant a forest?
Register here to let us know you’re interested: https://forms.gle/HpwqqcTo7orkJ9Gd9

Every tree, every plant, and every pair of helping hands will make a difference. Come dig in with us and help Restore Our Roots! 

Thank You to Our Partners

This community forest restoration is made possible through the support, collaboration, and care of our project partners:

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society • Downingtown Shade Tree Commission • Downingtown Sustainability Advisory Committee • Kimberton Whole Foods • Stroud Water Research Center • Pennsylvania Environmental Council

We are grateful for their shared commitment to restoring native habitat, supporting healthy waterways and wildlife, and creating a greener, more resilient community.