Branching Out into New Communities Boston is a city of neighborhoods and we feel lucky when we are invited to work in a new one. Allston-Brighton, like many areas of the city, is a heat island. A group of residents recently banded together to form the Allston- Brighton Tree Alliance with the goal to improve their neighborhood’s urban forest. In October we worked together to run a tree giveaway. We’re excited to continue working with them... and every Boston neighborhood! Enrichment Programs for Children In our continued efforts to educate more Bostonians about trees, this year we piloted enrichment art and education programs for children and families. Through a series of workshops, over 150 Boston youth learned about trees through collages, mappings, and tree identification walks. We aim to continue to build out projects and activities for in-school and after-school programs so that more children can learn about and appreciate their local trees. 5