Tree Planting at Stone Scholastic Academy
Join Openlands and the Stone Garden Committee as we plant trees around their updated playground.
Tree Planting at Stone Scholastic Academy
Events
Tree Tour at Palmer Square Park
Come refine your tree ID skills with a tree walk at Palmer Square! The walk will be led by local TreeKeepers and will focus on tree identification characteristics. No previous experience with tree ID is needed. Map of the park’s trees available here.
Tree Tour at Palmer Square Park
Tree Yard Watering
Help keep our trees healthy while they wait to be planted this fall. Enjoy a tranquil morning watering trees at Openlands Tree Yard. Please bring weather-appropriate clothing, closed-toe shoes (water-resistant suggested), and a refillable water bottle!
1st Ward/Humboldt/Avondale/Logan TreeKeeper Chapter Meeting
Join the 1st Ward/Humboldt/Avondale/Logan Square TreeKeepers for an in-person Chapter meeting to discuss 2026 goals and plan some events! Invite non-TreeKeeperss who are interested in helping out with workdays and learning more about what we do!
1st Ward/Humboldt/Avondale/Logan TreeKeeper Chapter Meeting
Chicago Urban Forestry Advisory Board Meeting
TreeKeepers interested in attending this Chicago Urban Forestry Advisory Board (UFAB) meeting in person, sign up here. Registering in advance will enable Openlands staff to assist you if you wish to speak and keep you updated on any changes to the meeting’s time, date, or relevant topics.
Chicago Urban Forestry Advisory Board Meeting
Tree Planting in Irving Park
Join Openlands and members of The Greater Independence Park Neighborhood Association (GIPNA) as we plant trees along Parkview Terrace.
Chicago UFAB Education Working Group Meeting
TreeKeepers interested in attending this Chicago Urban Forestry Advisory Board (UFAB) meeting in person, sign up here. The Education Working Group will meet virtually. Registering in advance will enable Openlands staff to assist you if you wish to speak and keep you updated on any changes to the meeting’s time,
Chicago UFAB Education Working Group Meeting
Pruning Workday at Daniel Webster Elementary School
Joing Openlands Staff and TreeKeepers as we prune the trees at the Daniel Webster Elementary Space to Grow school yard! We will also be pruning street trees surrounding the school.
Pruning Workday at Daniel Webster Elementary School
Pruning Workday in Hyde Park
Join Hyde Park TKs in pruning street trees! Bring tools if you have any and dress appropriately for the weather. Do not forget to bring a water bottle. Note: This event is only open to certified TreeKeepers.
Tree Yard Watering
Help keep our trees healthy while they wait to be planted this fall. Enjoy a tranquil morning watering trees at Openlands Tree Yard. Please bring weather-appropriate clothing, closed-toe shoes (water-resistant suggested), and a refillable water bottle!
Chicago UFAB Policy Working Group Meeting
TreeKeepers and the general public are invited to attend the Chicago Urban Forestry Advisory Board (UFAB) Policy Working Group meeting. Registering in advance will enable Openlands staff to assist you if you wish to speak and keep you updated on any changes to the meeting’s time, date, or relevant topics.
Chicago UFAB Policy Working Group Meeting
Pruning Workday in the 40th Ward
Join the 40th Ward TKs in pruning street trees! Bring your own eye protection, gloves, and a water bottle; and tools if you have them. A limited number of tools will be available.
Pruning Workday in the 40th Ward
Education Opportunity with Little Oaks
Inspire the next generation of TreeKeepers! Little Oak Events is looking for a TreeKeeper to be the identification expert for their upcoming Junior Rangers meet-up (a free, family-friendly outdoor group for kids ages 3–10 and their caretakers). The organizer provides the pre-made scavenger hunt in advance and handles all event logistics
Education Opportunity with Little Oaks
Community Tree Care Day at Chicago State University
Join Openlands Staff and TreeKeepers while we steward the trees at Chicago State University (CSU)! What is a Community Tree Care Day? Openlands staff will facilitate a stewardship workday in a Chicago green space for three hours focusing on tasks such as mulching, watering, pruning, litter cleanup and other
Community Tree Care Day at Chicago State University
Forest Preserves of Cook County Workday at Axehead Lake
Join Openlands staff and the Forest Preserves of Cook County for a pruning & mulching workday at Axehead Lake. Please bring eye protection, a water bottle, gloves; and tools if you have them. Please also register for the event on FPCC’s & complete their waiver.
Forest Preserves of Cook County Workday at Axehead Lake
Book Discussion at Edgewater Library
Join Edgewater/Rogers Park TreeKeepers for book club! Please come ready for a good discussion! Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape. by Jill Jones (416 Pages)
Book Discussion at Edgewater Library
Pruning Workday in Nichols Park
Join Hyde Park TKs in pruning Nichols Park! Bring tools if you have any, dress appropriately for the weather, bring a water bottle. Meet at 54th St and Kenwood Ave ( by the ‘Big Kids Playground’), free street parking on streets around Nichols Park. (53rd St is metered parking).
Pruning Workday in Nichols Park
Pruning Workday in Hyde Park
Join Hyde Park TKs in pruning street trees! Bring tools if you have any and dress appropriately for the weather. Do not forget to bring a water bottle. Note: This event is only open to certified TreeKeepers.
North West Side TreeKeepeer Chapter Meeting
Join the NW Side TreeKeeper Chapter for a chapter meeting! New TreeKeepers are encouraged to attend to meet other TreeKeepers that live in your neighborhood. Please bring your ideas for events!
North West Side TreeKeepeer Chapter Meeting
Tree Inventory Training & Workday Logan Square
Join the 1st Ward/ Humboldt Park/Avondale/Logan Square Chapter to learn how to inventory trees using TreePlotter! Certified TreeKeepers will learn how to input tree inventory data using the TreePlotter website on your own smartphone or tablet. Instructions on how to access TreePlotter will be provided to participants the week of
Tree Inventory Training & Workday Logan Square
Pruning Workday at AIDS Memorial Garden
Join TKs in pruning trees in the AIDS Memorial Garden. Please bring eye protection, a water bottle, gloves, and tools if you have them. Some tools will be available.
Pruning Workday at AIDS Memorial Garden
Pruning Workday in Hyde Park
Join Hyde Park TKs in pruning street trees! Bring tools if you have any and dress appropriately for the weather. Do not forget to bring a water bottle. Note: This event is only open to certified TreeKeepers.
Chicago UFAB Policy Working Group Meeting
TreeKeepers and the general public are invited to attend the Chicago Urban Forestry Advisory Board (UFAB) Policy Working Group meeting. Registering in advance will enable Openlands staff to assist you if you wish to speak and keep you updated on any changes to the meeting’s time, date, or relevant topics.
Chicago UFAB Policy Working Group Meeting
Forest Preserves of Cook County Workday at Dan Ryan Woods
Join Openlands staff and the Forest Preserves of Cook County for a pruning & mulching workday at Dan Ryan Woods. Please bring eye protection, a water bottle, gloves; and tools if you have them. Please also register for the event on FPCC’s & complete their waiver.
Forest Preserves of Cook County Workday at Dan Ryan Woods
