Events
Urban Forest Friends events focus on tree planting, tree care, and community outreach and education.
Tree planting season typically runs from October to April. Opportunities for tree care and outreach events happen year round.
Upcoming Events (open to the General Public)
Fall 2023 Events ---
Saturday, October 21, 11am-noon. 2nd Annual Tree Identification Walk at Newark Library. Open to all, no sign-up required. More info at Newark Library website.
Saturday, October 28, 9:30am-noon. Tree Planting at Jerry Raber Ash St. Park in Newark. Sign up required, sign up here!
Saturday, November 4th. Tree Planting at Plaza Park in Fremont. Sign ups coming soon!
Saturday, November 18, 9:30am-noon. Tree Planting at Byington Park in Newark. Sign up required, sign up here!
You can also request events for groups such as schools and companies!
Past Events
Washington High School Tree Care
SEPTEMBER 2023
Trees Cared For: 30
Volunteers Engaged: 18
It's been over a year since our Washington High Tree Planting! We came back and mulched, pruned, and took care of the trees. We also helped clean litter around the area.
Newark Community Center Park Tree Planting
SEPTEMBER 2023
Trees Planted: 10
Volunteers Engaged: 35
Planted 7 Coast Live Oaks around the Community Center and 3 Coast Live Oaks towards Newark Blvd. Many thanks to City of Newark staff and all our volunteers!
Quarry Lakes Tree Planting - Oak Savannah
MAY 2023
Trees Planted: 75
Volunteers Engaged: 50+
Planted 75 young Oaks (Coast Live, Englemann, Southern Live, Burr, and Cork Oaks) off the Old Creek Trail. These trees will grow to be a small oak savannah over the next decade. The oaks were grown from acorns cared for, and donated, by UFF. Collaboration with East Bay Regional Parks.
Westridge Park Tree Planting with Lam Research (Fremont)
MAY 2023
Trees Planted: 25
Volunteers Engaged: 30
Planted 25 one-gallon coast live oaks, in a collaboration with Lam Research and City of Fremont. The oaks were grown from acorns cared for, and donated, by UFF. The City of Fremont parks staff were very supportive of our park planting as well as the morning park visitors.
Mayhews Landing Park Tree Planting #2 (Newark)
APRIL 2023
Trees Planted: 9
Volunteers Engaged: 37
Planted 9 coast live oaks along the back entrance to the park. Thank you to Vice Mayor Sucy Collazo for kicking us off!
Fremont Earth Day Event
APRIL 2023
Meeting our Fremont community and encouraging people to plant trees in their neighborhoods! We offer a free street tree planting program for neighborhoods where more than three households agree to commit to taking care of trees.
Union City Arboretum Tree Walk Spring 2023
APRIL 2023
Trees Identified: 29Â
Attendees: 9
Teaching community members how to identify the various trees from the front of library to the entrance to the Arboretum. Welcomed special guest Nelson Kirk, former Union City arborist, who helped plant most of the arboretum trees! Collaboration with Union City Library.
Mayhews Landing Park Tree Planting (Newark)
FEBRUARY 2023
Trees Planted: 7Â
Volunteers Engaged: 16
Planted 5 coast live oaks and 2 bur oaks. These trees can live to be over 200 years old! Thanks to Mayor Mike Hannon for kicking us off!
Northgate Neighborhood Tree Planting
JANUARY 2023
Trees Planted: 8Â
Volunteers Engaged: 16
Warwick Elementary School Tree Planting
JANUARY 2023
Trees Planted: 6Â
Volunteers Engaged: 14
Union City Arboretum Tree Walk
AUGUST 2022
Trees Explored: 25Â
Attendees: 18
In conjunction with the Union City Library, we explored the wide variety of trees in the treasure trove that is the Union City Arboretum!
Couldn't make it? DIY the tree walk with the list of trees on our "Tree Info" page!
Newark Library Tree Walk
JULY 2022
Trees Explored: 6
Attendees: 21
In conjunction with the Newark Library, we explored the newly planted drought-tolerant trees in Newark Civic Center!
Couldn't make it? DIY the tree walk with the list of trees on our "Tree Info" page!
Parkmont Neighborhood, Fremont
MARCH 2022
Trees Planted: 14
Volunteers Engaged: 16
We canvassed the Parkmont neighborhood and offered free 15 gallon street trees. The trees, offered through a CAL FIRE grant were planted by community volunteers and will be cared for by the homeowners.
Newark Civic Center Park, Newark
MARCH 2022
Trees Planted: 8
Volunteers Engaged: 36
A lively crew of families from St. Edward's, NMHS and MSJ students, and community volunteers gathered at Civic Center Park to plant eight new trees. To kick us off, the kids gave presentations about Engelmann, Cork, and Coast Live Oak trees, and how trees help us!
Washington High School
FEBRUARY 2022
Trees Planted: 72
Volunteers Engaged: 106
First, volunteers prepared the holes for easier planting. Then, over three Saturdays, Washington High School students, with our coaching, supplies, and training, planted 72 15-gal Oaks, Redbuds, and Gingko trees around WHS, along Country Dr., Fremont Blvd. and Eggers Drive. These trees will provide shade and oxygen for years to come.
Parkmont Elementary School
FEBRUARY 2022
Trees Planted: 9
Volunteers Engaged: 35
Families and students of the Parkmont Elementary School came out to plant trees on their campus.
Newark Civic Center Park, Newark
DECEMBER 2021
Trees Planted: 5
Volunteers Engaged: 13
Our first Newark tree planting! We planted three Autumn Blaze Maples and two Coast Live Oaks.
Sabercat Park, Fremont
NOVEMBER 2021
Trees Planted: 84
Volunteers Engaged: 64
In partnership with the City of Fremont, Microsoft, Greenkeepers, and Arbor Day Foundation, eighty four native trees were planted over four Saturdays. We did weeks of ground preparation that included watering and pre-auger work, in addition to providing all the equipment, leadership for planting teams, and planting training for the Tree Coaches.
Greenkeepers Sabercat Park, Fremont
APRIL 2021
Trees Planted: 25
Volunteers Engaged: 24
Urban Forest Friends assisted Greenkeepers with tree planting at Sabercat Creek in April 2021.
Old Misson Park Tree Planting, Fremont
MARCH 2021
Trees Planted: 4
Volunteers Engaged: 8
Tree planting with Bridge Rotary