• a white tablecloth • willow branches or flowers (for decoration) • white and red grape juice, (white is a symbol of winter, red is a symbol of the sun's strength growing as winter ends) • two dishes made from wheat, (bread and cake are good) • fruits and nuts that grow in Israel (All of these are used in a traditional Tu b'Shevat seder. Pick the ones you like: olive, date, grape, fig, pomegranate, etrog, apple, walnut, almond, carob, pear, cherry, quince, crabapple)

1.Invite your friends and family to your house on erev Tu b'Shevat (the night before). Set the table with a white table cloth. Decorate with branches and/or flowers. Put two pitchers of grape juice on the table--one red and one white. Pour some white grape juice for everyone and serve a wheat dish, along with olives, dates & grapes. Say the berakhot for each food before you eat and drink. As you are eating, talk about the earth, and things you can do to help the environment. Some suggestions: feed the birds and squirrels, clean up a public space, plant a tree.

2. Drink the next cup of grape juice -- white with some red mixed in, a symbol of the sun growing stronger. Now serve fig, pomegranate, etrog or apple. Think of ways to tell more people about Tu b'Shevat. For example: put on a play or make posters.