Save the Date!
Sacramento Mini-Forest Project Planting Day —Saturday, November 14.
Join us to create a Miyawaki mini-forest in our community.
The Sacramento Mini-Forest Project
Miyawaki mini-forests around the world are turning modest scraps of urban land into climate sanctuaries. With the help of many earth-loving enthusiasts and a Shine Award from SMUD, we have a site and a date for Planting Day.
Planting Day Is November 14, 2026
at
New Joseph Bonnheim Elementary School
7300 Marin Ave
Sacramento, CA
Join us to create the world we know can exist!
Donate to the Mini-Forest Project
What’s 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 worldwide 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 worldwide 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