Trainings and Workshops

Have you ever noticed that your child’s school needs more shade? Or that your neighborhood or business district feels like a concrete wasteland?

TreePeople teaches ordinary people the extraordinary skills of planting and caring for trees in their schools and communities.

Community Greening Workshops

We offer FREE, bimonthly Community Greening Workshops for people ready to take on a leadership role to bring trees to their communities. Training events are held in and around Los Angeles. Reservations are required.

Choose from one of four different forestry trainings:

Citizen Forester training

Provides the information, support and tools to help you organize a tree planting and follow-up tree care for your community.

Planting Supervisor training

Teaches you how to engage volunteers at tree planting events and demonstrate proper planting techniques.

Tree Care Supervisor training

Teaches you how to engage volunteers at tree care events and demonstrate proper tree care techniques.

Tree Care Coordinator training

Teaches you how to recognize tree care needs and then plan the required tree care events.

Upcoming workshops

Visit our online calendar for upcoming workshop dates and locations. For more details and to register, contact Linda Eremita at training@treepeople.org or (818) 623-4878. NOTE: The four trainings occur simultaneously, so you can only register for one on any given day.

Additional trainings

For people ready to take on a leadership role as part of our mountain forestry programs, choose from the following free trainings:

Reforestation Supervisor Training

Teaches you how to engage volunteers at reforestation events and demonstrate proper high elevation planting techniques.

Restoration Supervisor Training

Teaches you how to engage volunteers at restoration events and demonstrate responsible techniques to revegetate and revitalize areas in need of restoration in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Outreach Training

Learn the techniques that we use to engage the public to promote TreePeople. These trainings will cover a variety of scenarios for outreach volunteers: event tabling, presentations, outreach at tree planting and care events, and park events.

Visit our online calendar for information about upcoming trainings.  For more details, contact Linda Eremita at training@treepeople.org or (818) 623-4878.

Additional workshops

For more intensive training in tree care, TreePeople offers these additional FREE workshops for community members throughout the year:

• Pruning

• Fruit Tree Pruning

• Fruit Tree Care

• Pest Management

Consult our online calendar for upcoming dates.  For more details, contact Linda Eremita at training@treepeople.org or (818) 623-4878.

NOTE: We do not give out trees at any of our workshops.