The Tree Party is back for its second year and you are invited!

The Tree Party is a springtime gathering that showcases and celebrates urban greening projects with an emphasis on building citizen-led initiatives. Presented by the Women Who Get S*** Done and Calgary Climate Hub, in collaboration with Calgary Central Public Library. This event is free and all are welcome - the space is accessible. Please register here.

This year's Tree Party marks Calgary's first ever "Bloom", a Plant Baby Plant community activation that turns inspiration into action. Robin Wall Kimmerer will give a video welcome to the event and to the Plant Baby Plant movement, sharing its message of joy and reciprocity. 

We are excited to present keynote speakers Erna Buffie, Carole Monture from Indigenous Climate Action, Dr Ken Fry, Catherine Hamel and Saadiq Mohiuddin, Ken Wright + Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed alongside a packed lineup of sessions to deep dive on themes from community building to nature clubs for kids, and composting to rainwater harvesting.

Crown making, seed ball making and tree painting fun for kids, as well as lots of information booths to learn more about greening initiatives in Calgary! 

Speaker Program:

10:00 - Welcome, Video greetings from Robin Wall Kimmerer

10:30 - Erna Buffie - "Nature smart citizens - what can you do to transform your city?"

11:10 - Carole Monture - "The answer is us - indigenous led nature-based solutions"

12:00 - Saadiq Mohiuddin, Jared Blustein - "Tree equity, mini-forests and nature-based solutions"

12:30 - Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed, Ken Wright - "Native plants in Alberta"

1:15 - Dr Ken Fry - "Pollinators and beneficial insects: a functioning garden"

1:45 - Catherine Hamel - "Community building and mobilising action"

Deep Dive Talks Program:

11.30 - 12.00 - Arianna Kippers + Victoria Wood, CDLI - "Community alchemy - why connections matters"

12 - 12.30 - Colleen Cyca, Permaculture Calgary Guild - "Plant your water first"

12.30 - 1.00 - Joanna Tschudy, The Alex - "Community food forests"

12.45 - 1.15 - Rio and Pablo Russell, The Buffalo way - "Blackfoot traditions"

1.15 - 1.45 - Alan Joiner, the City of Calgary - "Urban Forestry"

1.30 - 2.00 - Gail Hataitham, The Guud Trail - "How to build a nature club for kids"

2.00 - 2.30 - Vaden Somers, Subnivean Farm Hull Services - "Cultivating care, BioIntensive Farming"

2.00 - 2.30 - Carmen Lamoureux, Urban Farm School - "Composting"

Plant Baby Plant is a new grassroots movement led by author, scientist, and Indigenous teacher Robin Wall Kimmerer. We invite people to heal land, build community, and grow power through tangible acts of care for the living world. With a call to action to “raise a garden and raise a ruckus”, we mobilize neighbors, schools, and organizations to reimagine a shared future rooted in reciprocity.