Plant a forest

Volunteers needed!

Aditi Muduganti, a junior at Onalaska High School is hosting a community planting day on Saturday, June 21st, 2025 at Summit Environmental School for La Crosse's first Miyawaki forest!

Aditi received a grant from the La Crosse Youth Climate Action Fund (LYCAF) for her project, Roots & Rise: A Youth Pocket Forest. This is her second grant from LYCAF - last year she wrote a children's book on sustainable technology!

This project aims to restore native biodiversity and combat urban environmental degradation by planting a Miyawaki mini forest at Summit Environmental School. The Miyawaki method involves planting dense clusters of native tree species that grow rapidly, becoming self-sustaining in just around two years. These mini forests are ten times faster-growing and 30 times denser than conventional plantations, making them ideal for urban and suburban settings.

Please join us for this event on Saturday, June 21st, 2025 at Summit Environmental School!

Learn more about Miyawaki "pocket" forests here.