Tree Amigo Program

Learn * Volunteer * Build Community

Call (408) 99-TREES x123 to sign up now!

Our City Forest offers the Tree Amigo class as a free 20-hour course designed to educate and empower individuals to become successful advocates of the Urban Forest and to utilize Our City Forest as vehicle for regular and active service in the San Jose community.

Course graduates become official "Tree Amigos" - Our City Forest's specially trained volunteer corps, and are invited to participate in ongoing trainings and fun community events.

Tree Amigos are required to create and fulfill a Service Agreement of attending 10 events within a year’s time. Areas of service include: coaching volunteers in planting and maintaining trees, helping run the community tree nursery, teaching elementary school classes, conducting grassroots outreach, and more!

Classes meet 5 hours weekly for 4 weeks and cover a breadth of topics, including:

Our City Forest Arborist Christian Bonner demonstrates planting techniques as part of Fall 08 Tree Amigo Course

• The Urban Forest of San Jose

• Selecting a Planting Site and Species

• How to Properly Plant a Tree

• Tree Maintenance

• Species Identification

• Education and Outreach

• Coaching Volunteers

Tree Amigo Volunteer Training
Our City Forest's Tree Amigo volunteer training course is generally offered 3-4 times per year. There are eight 2-3-hour classes totaling 20 hours. Our next class series is scheduled for Nov 10:

Thurs, Nov. 10th:  Our City Forest and Volunteerism
Sat. Nov. 12th:  How to Plant a Tree
Thurs, Nov. 17th:  Education and Outreach
Sat, Nov. 19th:  Tree Nursery Workshop
Thurs, Dec. 1st:  The Urban Forest of San Jose & Advocacy
Sat, Dec. 3rd:  San Jose Tree Tour
Thurs, Dec. 8th:  Graduation
Sat, Dec. 10th:  Tree Maintenance

Thursday classes are held from 6:00 - 8:00pm at our office: 151 W. Mission Street Ste. 151 San Jose, CA 95110.  Saturday classes are held from 9:00am - 12:00pm in the field at various locations.  Please wear outdoor work shoes and clothes.

The class is free and open to all, ages 16 and over (parental permission and involvement required if under 16). No experience necessary! To learn more or to register for the class, please call (408) 998-7337 x123 or email: treeamigoclass@ourcityforest.org and send the following information:

Are You a New Volunteer?

Email volunteer@ourcityforest.org , or call (408) 998-7337 x123 to sign up. Check our Calendar to see what events we have lined up.

Location: The Our City Forest office at 151 West Mission Street (Click for interactive map).

If you are interested in volunteering, fill out the Volunteer Sign-up Form,
or call (408) 99-TREES x123.