Lead a Microforest
Become a local leader - lead a microforest
We select leaders who can carry a local project with steadiness, care and follow-through. If that sounds like you, this is where you begin.
What does the Microforest Collective provide?
If your project is accepted, our platform gives you the structure, systems and backing to lead a microforest with confidence — without carrying the admin, risk or guesswork alone.
Clean, central fund management
All donations and grants for your site flow through our not-for-profit structure. You never handle public money personally. Our bookkeeper pays invoices directly, keeps everything auditable, and you can request a balance or statement anytime.
A ready-made fundraising engine
Your project gets its own fundraising page on our platform, with secure payments, automatic receipting and reporting. You focus on the story; we run the infrastructure that makes it work.
The full project toolkit
Guides, templates, checklists, budgets, comms assets, species lists, risk forms, planting-day materials and maintenance guides — all structured around the phases of a microforest project.
Design and ecological guidance
Advice on layout, species selection and ecological integrity so your site is grounded in best practice, not guesswork.
Approvals and risk guidance
Clear steps for landholder permission, safety expectations and compliance. You’re not navigating bureaucracy or uncertainty alone.
Governance you can rely on
Standards, boundaries and reporting built into the system — giving councils, donors and partners confidence that your project is safe, credible and well-run.
Light-touch coaching
Short, practical check-ins when you need clarity or an unblocker. Support without micromanagement.
Connections into our network
Introductions to nurseries, suppliers, designers, ecologists and other leaders so you’re not building in isolation.
You lead the project locally.
The platform provides the structure that makes it possible.
What do the local leaders handle?
As the local leader, you carry the parts of the project that only someone on the ground can do. You’re the anchor — the reason the microforest happens in your community.
Lead the project locally
Hold the thread from start to finish. Keep things moving, make decisions, and bring people together around a clear plan.
Get landholder permission
Reach out to the council, school or landowner and secure approval to use the site. We guide the steps; you build the relationship.
Drive community engagement
Tell the story, share updates, answer questions, and build support. You decide how visible or low-key your project is.
Coordinate planting and care
Organise planting day, manage volunteers on site, and set up simple routines for early maintenance as the forest establishes.
Keep spending linked to the plan
Let us know what needs paying for, send invoices through, and keep purchases aligned with the site’s design and scope.
Stay aligned with the platform
Follow the standards, safety steps and boundaries that keep every microforest credible, safe and ecologically sound.
Share progress
Send through short updates, photos and anything we need for reporting, donors or partners.
You’re leading something real in your community.
The platform takes care of the structure — you bring the momentum and connection.
What leaders are like
People who lead microforests usually:
- Want to turn an overlooked patch of land into something useful and visible.
- Want to deliver something real — a place you can stand in and know you made possible.
- Can stay with a staged process from A to B, even when it feels unfamiliar.
- Are comfortable dealing with people from all walks of life.
- Can keep things moving when momentum dips, using our templates and approvals pathway.
- Want a defined challenge that fits around a busy life while sharpening their leadership skills.
6 Phase Microforest Process

