Sacramento Friends Meeting launched this effort in January 2025, with the help of many local plant, soil, and earth-loving enthusiasts and organizations. We were tired of living under the despair of climate hopelessness. Now we’re gathering our courage and creating the world we know can exist!
Donate to the Mini-Forest Project
What is a mini-forest?
A mini-forest, or micro-forest, is a dense, fast-growing, native woodland planted in a small, urban area that mimics the structure and benefits of a traditional forest. This unique approach is based on the award-winning work of Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki.
Mini-forests:
- Use heat resilient native plants
- Honor local indigenous knowledge
- Make use of urban spaces
- Aid carbon and Urban Heat Island offset
- Create biodiversity havens
- Use science-backed planting methods
- Improve health and wellness
- Heal soil biology
- Provide STEM learning opportunities
- Create community
Learn more about the world-wide mini-forest network
- Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild the World
By Hannah Lewis, Chelsea Green Publishing - Green Pocket Forests The Berkeley organization founded by Neelam Patil, one of TIME Magazine’s 2022 innovative teachers of the year
- SUGi The world-wide network of mini-forest projects
“The forest is the root of all life; it is the womb that revives our biological instincts,
that deepens our intelligence and increases our sensitivity as human beings.”
— Akira Miyawaki