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An annual event to share news about Portland's Urban Forest and ways for community members to be involved.
On Saturday, April 11 2026 from 9am-noon community members gathered at Mt Scott Community Center (5530 SE 72nd Ave) for Tree Summit 2026.
Tree Summit is a free public event featuring presentations from guest speakers about the many ways that community can help grow urban tree canopy from the ground up. It is also an opportunity to engage with community partners working to care for and expand access to our urban forest.
This year's Tree Summit presenters:
J'reyesha Brannon: Canopy of Stories: Pairing Climate Data with Community Voice
Axcelle Campana: Community Forestry as Urban Forestry
Gena Gastaldi: Trees in the Curb Zone project, a collaborative effort between Urban Forestry and PBOT to create more planting space for street trees in neighborhoods with low canopy.
Community partners attending Tree Summit 2026
- Friends of Trees
- Portland Fruit Tree Project
- Trees for Life Oregon
- Oregon Department of Forestry's Urban and Community Forestry
- Shade Equity Coalition… and more!
Urban Forestry has hosted Tree Summit events every year since 2011 (with a brief pandemic break). Originally an outgrowth of the Tree Inventory Project, the Tree Summit has evolved to become a space for neighbors and partners to connect, learn, and strengthen wider efforts to grow, care for, and protect our urban canopy together.
Presentation Archives
2026
What's New at Urban Forestry 7.7 MB
Urban Forestry as Community Forestry 2.6 MB
Canopy of Stories 3.4 MB
Heritage Tree #1 Wood Use 4.6 MB
PBOT Trees in the Curb Zone 20.6 MB
2025
Tree Summit Presentations 2025
Vanport Trees: Potential survivors of the 1948 flood
2024
Tree Summit Presentations 2024
2019
Tree Summit Presentations 2019
Canopy Stories: 82nd and Verdant
2018
Tree Summit Presentations 2018
2017
Tree Summit Presentations 2017
2016
Tree Summit Presentations 2016
2015
Tree Summit Presentations 2015
2014
Tree Summit Presentations 2014
2013