Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters
WHEN: 6am – 8am, Saturday, March 21, 2026 WHERE: We will gather plants and tools at 6am at 813 N. 9th Avenue, then go around the corner to plant at 722 and 730 N. Perry Ave in the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood. Once we are done with those plantings we will move a block or so away […]
WHEN: 6am – 10am, Saturday, March 28, 2026 WHERE: 848 N. 3rd Avenue, Depending on how many folks show up, and how quick we plant, we may also continue to plant basins at 1007 N. 3rd Ave - (you'll see us on 1st Street just west of 3rd Ave). Come help us plant seven new […]
WHEN: 6:30am – 10am, Saturday, April 11, 2026 WHERE: 437 E. 1st Street, When we finish planting the two basins at that site we'll plant the last basin at 502 E. 2nd Street Come help us plant three new street-side, water-harvesting, eddy basins — installations in the public commons, planted and stewarded by the participating […]
WHEN: Meet 5:30am. Finish by 9am WHERE: We meet at 813 N. 9th Ave to gather tools, then we walk to that morning's work site(s) Work can vary from pruning to weeding to seeding to creating water-harvesting earthworks to planting native plants to picking up garbage. Varies from week to week. Focus is to work […]
WHEN: 6am, Friday, July 10, 2026. We will finish by 9am, likely sooner. WHERE: Rain gardens on the North side of Catalina Park, 941 N. 4th Avenue, Tucson, Arizona Brad Lancaster will teach and supervise at this hands-on stewarding/work party in the rain gardens in the public rights-of-way on the periphery of the park. This […]
WHEN: Meet 5:30am. Finish by 9am WHERE: We meet at 813 N. 9th Ave to gather tools, then we walk to that morning’s work site(s) Work can vary from pruning to weeding to seeding to creating water-harvesting earthworks to planting native plants to picking up garbage. Varies from week to week. Focus is to work […]
WHEN: Meet 5:30am. Finish by 9am WHERE: We meet at 813 N. 9th Ave to gather tools, then we walk to that morning’s work site(s) Work can vary from pruning to weeding to seeding to creating water-harvesting earthworks to planting native plants to picking up garbage. Varies from week to week. Focus is to work […]
Brush and bulky pick up in the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood is on July 27, 2026, so be sure to place any prunings you want hauled away, on the street curb before then. If you set your prunings out about three weeks before brush and bulky pick up, most leaves will dry up and fall off prunings […]
WHERE: South side of Catalina Park in West University Neighborhood, Tucson, Arizona WHEN: 6am - 9am, Sunday, August 2, 2026 We will focus on getting the rain gardens on the south-side of the park working again. Currently the stormwater inlets are clogged with invasive non-native vegetation and sediment, so the basins are NOT currently harvesting stormwater. […]
WHEN: Meet 5:30am. Finish by 9am WHERE: We meet at 813 N. 9th Ave to gather tools, then we walk to that morning’s work site(s) Work can vary from pruning to weeding to seeding to creating water-harvesting earthworks to planting native plants to picking up garbage. Varies from week to week. Focus is to work […]
WHEN: Meet 5:30am. Finish by 9am WHERE: We meet at 813 N. 9th Ave to gather tools, then we walk to that morning’s work site(s) Work can vary from pruning to weeding to seeding to creating water-harvesting earthworks to planting native plants to picking up garbage. Varies from week to week. Focus is to work […]
WHEN: Meet 5:30am. Finish by 9am WHERE: We meet at 813 N. 9th Ave to gather tools, then we walk to that morning’s work site(s) Work can vary from pruning to weeding to seeding to creating water-harvesting earthworks to planting native plants to picking up garbage. Varies from week to week. Focus is to work […]