Julie Quinton, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Street trees transform our urban landscapes and, in turn, street trees rely on community care to thrive. Healthy soil is at the root—full of microorganisms and other life that serve as friends to trees. Learn what makes healthy, living soil along with accessible strategies for improving your street tree bed’s soil structure, drainage, water-holding capacity, and organic matter content to best support the life of your street tree. Take home some compost and a tree bed companion plant to try! ASL interpreter available upon request; contact community@bbg.org at least 2 weeks prior to the class date. For more information about BBG’s community greening programs, visit bbg.org/community.