Welcome to
Roots of
Tomorrow
A youth-led nonprofit planting native trees and restoring forests across Northeast Ohio — built by the students who'll inherit them.
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We're a 501(c)(3) student-led nonprofit based in Northeast Ohio. We plant native trees to bring forests, clean air, and healthy habitat back to Geauga, Lorain, Cuyahoga, and Ashtabula counties — while giving our generation a real way to shape the place we live.
Why we plant
The forests near home are thinning out.
Across our corner of Ohio, woodlots are being cleared, fields sit bare, and the native trees that once held the soil and cooled the summers are disappearing faster than they're coming back. The wildlife that depends on them goes with them.
It's a problem you can stand in — and one you can fix with your hands. That's what drew us in.
What we do
Native trees, in the ground, by students.
We work directly with local landowners to turn unused acres into young native forests — matching the right species to the land, planting them, and looking after them as they take hold. Every project is run by students, with guidance from professional foresters.
The result is land that does more for everyone: cleaner air, cooler ground, returning wildlife, and a generation that knows it can change something real.
Past Events
Where we've put down roots.
“Roots of Tomorrow made it easy to turn my land into something meaningful. They were organized, professional, and genuinely passionate about restoring nature. I'm proud to have partnered with them.”