This planting of rain, trees, understory, & wildflowers is occurring in the West University neighborhood, but the planting event is open to anyone from any neighborhood, and is a great opportunity to see how such an event, or other Neighborhood Forester endeavors, could be organized elsewhere. Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024. The stormwater eddy basins […]

This planting of rain, trees, understory, & wildflowers is occurring in the Dunbar/Spring and West University neighborhoods, but the planting event is open to anyone from any neighborhood, and is a great opportunity to see how such an event, or other Neighborhood Forester endeavors, could be organized elsewhere. Date: Sunday, April 21, 2024. The stormwater […]

Order forms and payment must be received in the month of September. The sooner you get it in, the sooner you get your tree(s). Last day we take orders is October 27. Order form here   Grow shade, food, wildlife habitat, and beauty around your home with 5-gallon-sized native trees available for $39 each if […]

Baby saguaros grown from seed (NOT removed from the wild), ranging from 6 to 8 inches in height are available for $25 each (and we can help you place and plant them where they will thrive). They have been growing out in the open (in their nursery pots), and can be planted in the ground […]

Baby saguaros grown from seed (NOT removed from the wild), ranging from 4 to 6 inches in height are available for $25 each (and we can help you place and plant them where they will thrive). They have been growing out in the open (in their nursery pots), and can be planted in the ground […]

Starts at 8am Stay as long as you can or want. We plan to be wrapped up with the supervised pruning in the neighborhood by noon Cost: $5 suggested donation, though no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Where: We'll start in the public right-of-way beside the Dunbar Garden space/Drutopia plant […]

Join your neighbors as we weed, prune, and clean up the water-harvesting traffic circle and chicanes at 11th Avenue and 1st Street. • You'll learn plant identification (what's a weed, what's a desired plant, and what its many benefits and uses are). • You'll learn best pruning practices. • We'll plant native wildflower seed, so […]

Deadline for placing an order: November 8,  2024 First step: Sign up on the Neighborhood Foresters Contact page here Second step: Fill out, sign, & return this maintenance/stewarding agreement to NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com. Third step: If you want to qualify for Tucson Water’s rainwater harvesting rebate or the low-income water harvesting grants and loans (as of July […]

Starts at 9am Done by noon Cost: $5 Where: We'll start on the NE corner of 9th Avenue and University Blvd. Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood, Tucson, Arizona 85705. As we work we may shift our location, but we will always be in the public right-of-way on the side of the street along either 9th Ave or University […]

Come help us plant four new water-harvesting, traffic-calming chicanes or curb extensions at the intersection of two bicycle boulevards at 9th Avenue and University Blvd — an installation in the public commons, planted and stewarded by the participating public. Its also a great opportunity to see how such an event, or other Neighborhood Forester endeavors, […]

Come help us plant six new street-side, water-harvesting, eddy basins at the SW corner of 1st Street and 5th Avenue— an installation in the public commons, planted and stewarded by the participating public. This planting of rain, trees, understory, & wildflowers is occurring in the West University neighborhood, but the planting event is open to […]