HOW TO GET INVOLVED
1. ARE YOU A HABITAT RESTORATION ORGANIZATION NEEDING TREES, HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC OR A MEMBER OF THE MEDIA?
If so, please reach out via email: growitforward1@gmail.com
2. HOST YOUR OWN MICRO-NURSERY - We are now taking sign ups for the Spring 2025 growing season.
Host Requirements:
Live in the Greater Seattle/East side of Lake Washington area and have basic gardening skills
Will plant all 100 seedlings within 2 days of getting them (takes about 5 hrs.)
Will devote 16 square feet (4 feet by 4 feet for example) of garden space that has partial sun and shade.
Commit up to 2-1/2 years hosting the Micro-Nursery until the seedlings are big enough, keeping it protected and watered through inevitable dry spells.
Pay $100 to Grow It Forward Restoration to cover the cost of the materials for your Micro-Nursery. (seedlings, 1/4 yard planting soil delivered to you, pots)
Sign up to host a Micro-Nursery here.
3. VOLUNTEER PICKUP TRUCK DELIVERY DRIVERS - We are now taking sign ups for Fall and Spring deliveries.
Pickup Truck Qualifications:
Be willing to volunteer your time and gas to make planting soil deliveries to Micro-Nursery sites in the greater Seattle Area in spring (requires a pick up truck without a cap or a utility trailer.
Or be willing to volunteer your time and gas to pick up finished seedlings from Micro-Nurseries in the fall and deliver them to a restoration site in the greater Puget Sound area.
Sign up to be a delivery driver here.