Miniforests, also known as Miyawaki forests and pocket forests, are an incredibly beneficial tool in our toolbox as we work to restore, sustain, and increase biodiversity. Grow Native Massachusetts is partnering with bio4climate and others for the 2025 Northeast Miniforest Summit Register today at bio4climate.org. The two day event takes place July 24 and 25 – part virtual, plus a live bus tour. Consult the website for details.
Across the Northeast, communities face ecological disruption—rising temperatures, shrinking habitats, degraded soils, and stormwater runoff. But there’s growing momentum: more people are planting miniforests using the Miyawaki Method—or adapting it—to restore life to cities, schoolyards, parks, and vacant lots.
Featuring more than a dozen speakers across two virtual half-days and an in-person bus tour, the 2025 Northeast Miniforest Summit brings together practitioners, researchers, and leaders from diverse fields—including landscape architects, scientists, and community organizers—to unpack the method from root to canopy.
