The 2026 Northeast Miniforest Summit is a multi-day gathering bringing together the people planting, studying, stewarding, teaching, measuring, and documenting miniforests across the Northeast U.S. and beyond to share experiences, exchange knowledge, and explore emerging questions through presentations, panel discussions, and community conversations.
Building on the momentum of the inaugural 2025 Summit, this year’s program includes two virtual half-days, an in-person bus tour of Massachusetts miniforests, and a special pre-Summit screening of filmmaker Angelina Lee’s documentary Making a Mini-Forest.
The Summit will feature keynote presentations by Ethan Tapper, forester and author of How to Love a Forest, and Mio Urata, a leading practitioner of the Miyawaki Method in Japan.
Grounded in curiosity, collaboration, and care for place, the Summit brings together a growing network of people working to restore ecological function, strengthen community stewardship, and deepen relationships with the living systems that sustain us.
Learn more at miniforests.bio4climate.org