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Read the latest on our Miyawaki Mini-forest Initiative. We are adding updates as the planning and planting continues for multiple sites in the region.
These innovative projects go from vision to planted mini-forests with the support of many partners: Cincinnati Park Board’s Division of Natural Resources, the University of Cincinnati Field Center, Ohio Valley Forestry Fellowship, the community of Camp Washington, and many individuals who have donated their time, expertise, equipment, compost, and funding.
Working to Bring Mini Forests to Greater Cincinnati
Taking Root’s newest initiative in strengthening the area’s urban tree canopy is the planting of Miyawaki mini forests. The method is a newer concept to our region and complements our traditional reforestation program that we will continue to use. What is the Miyawaki...
2025 Great Tree Summit
Gathering Friends of our Forests! Join us for this free educational event for those individuals, communities, and organizations who work towards a shared vision of planting new trees and preserving existing trees so that we all benefit from a healthy tree canopy. The...
2024 Tree Professionals Seminar
Join us for the 2024 Tree Professionals Seminar, where we bring together experts dedicated to tree planting and tree health. This year’s theme — Organizations that Can Provide Green Services for Communities — will focus on fostering connections and collaboration among professionals who play a crucial role in urban forestry and environmental sustainability.
Bethel Tree for Me Tree Distribution
This past May, OKI Regional Council of Governments and Taking Root was honored to partner with the Clermont County Soil and Water Conservation District, using the Tree for Me Tool, to distribute 275 free trees to landowners in the Bethel area. The distribution was...
2024 Great Tree Summit
Gathering Friends of our Forests! Join us for this free educational event for those individuals, communities, and organizations who work towards a shared vision of planting new trees and preserving existing trees so that we all benefit from a healthy tree canopy.
Taking Root Plants Trees for Environmental Awareness at Cincinnati Public Schools
Taking Root, with the help of approximately 1,000 students of all ages, planted mature trees in the fall of 2023 at 18 school campuses. The schools were all in the Cincinnati Pubic School system. These trees will: Increase shade Provide habitat for animals and insects...
Keep the Holidays Alive Year-Round: Celebrate the Season with a Live Conifer
Rather than buying or cutting a live conifer this season, you could choose a live evergreen that can be planted in the landscape after the holiday festivity concludes. Instead of reducing tree canopy, you could increase it!
Tree for Me Distribution Focuses on Devastated Areas of Tate and Goshen
In 2023, Taking Root partnered with Clermont County Parks and Department of Soil and Water to distribute approximately 360 trees in the fall and the spring to residents in Tate and Goshen Townships to address tree canopy loss due to insect and tornado damage. The...
Great Parks Poe-tree and Taking Root
Taking Root partnered with Great Parks, GROUNDWORK Ohio River Valley and Macy’s to plant trees at New Prospect Baptist Church on Sunday, April 2, 2023. The tree planting is part of an event called, “For the Love of Poe-Tree”. Everyone was invited to participate in the...
2023 Great Tree Summit 10th Anniversary
Celebrating a decade of Taking Root at the annual Great Tree Summit What a wonderful gathering of individuals, communities, and organizations who work towards a shared vision of planting new trees and preserving existing trees so that we all benefit from a healthy...
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