Arborama! A Tree Game
Embrace the beauty of nature and culture through art. Play Arborama! A Tree Game—a new, nature-based game and educational tool.
What is Arborama?
Arborama is a bilingual game that showcases Central Texas native, climate-resilient trees and is recommended for ages 8+ with 2-30 players. This game is designed to educate community members on these trees in a fun, familiar way. While this game models a traditional Mexican board game, that name cannot be referenced due to state rules.
The game was designed by the City of Austin’s Urban Forest Program and funded in part by the Urban Forest Grant to enlist local artist Claudia Zapata to design and illustrate it.
Where can I get a copy to play?
We encourage those wanting to play Arborama to reserve the Tree ID Stem Kit from Austin Public Library.
Each kit contains a copy of Arborama, as well as a guide to trees of Central Texas, a magnifying glass, and kid-friendly English and Spanish books about Trees. While copies of Arborama were initially shared with community organizations and partners across Central Texas, we are no longer accepting requests for copies of the game.