Planting rain, trees, & wildflower seed; and stewarding green infrastructure & public paths near 10th Ave and 4th Street

Come join us this Saturday, October 8th 6:30am to plant rain and trees along the street, clean up & steward the traffic-calming, water-harvesting round-a-bout and chicanes and public pathways at 10th Ave and 4st Street. We’ll weed, clean up litter, prune, mulch; and plant trees, understory plants, and native wildflower and restoration seed mixes. Its […]

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Stewarding work party of traffic circle and chicanes at 11th Ave and University Blvd

Come join us this Sunday, October 9th 6:30am to clean up, steward, and plant wildflower seed within the water-harvesting traffic calming green infrastructure at University Blvd and 11th Ave. We’ll weed, prune, clean up litter, and plant native wildflower and restoration seed mixes. Its a great opportunity to improve your plant identification skills, as we’ll […]

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Stewarding work party for the water-harvesting traffic calming and public pathways at 11th Ave and 1st Street

Come join us this Saturday, October 15th 8am to steward—clean up, weed, prune, mulch, and plant the traffic-calming, water-harvesting round-a-bout and chicanes and public pathways at 11th Ave and 1st Street, in the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood in Tucson, AZ. We’ll enhance the water-harvesting within the traffic circle and plant backyard nursery-grown native understory plants and native […]

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Cyclovia in Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood

Cyclovia will be in the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood October 30! Want to help staff a table to share info on our Neighborhood Foresters efforts, or something else? Or pass out maps of the many cool transformations in our neighborhood, that could inspire other neighborhoods? We are currently working with Bill Mackey of Worker, Inc. to try […]

Restoration & replanting of street-runoff harvesting basins

Time & Place: 9:30am to prep, meeting at 813 N. 9th Ave before moving to the work site 10:30am we begin work with the youth on the south side of 601 N. Stone Ave, along 5th Street. We'll be working with youth from the Ironwood Tree Experience to restore, enhance, & replant street-runoff harvesting basins […]

Pruning 2.0: Hands-on tree care, overhead tree pruning, & overhead utility line safety workshop

Starts at 9am Done by noon Cost: $5 Where: NE corner of 9th Avenue and University Blvd. Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood, Tucson, Arizona 85705 Open to all. Learn how you can organize similar Neighborhood Forester efforts in your neighborhood. This workshop will cover foundational pruning, tree care, and mulching; though focuses on pruning overhead with pole saws, […]

$5

Plant identification & neighborhood green infrastructure work party

Where: Traffic circle at 1st Street and 9th Avenue (8am start) Dunbar/Spring neighborhood, Tucson, AZ Traffic circle at 1st Street and 11th Avenue (after we finish the first, maybe 8:30am)   Want to improve your plant identification skills so you can better tell a native wildflower and a weed apart (even before or after they […]

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Plant identification & green infrastructure work party

Where: Chicane or curb extension at SE corner of 9th Avenue and 5th Street (8am start) Dunbar/Spring neighborhood, Tucson, AZ Chicane or curb extension at SE corner of 9th Ave and 4th Street (after we finish the first, maybe 8:30am) Chicane or curb extension at SE corner of 10th Ave and 4th Street (after we […]

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Plant identification & green infrastructure work party

Where: Chicane or curb extension at SE corner of 10th Avenue and 4th Street (8am start) Dunbar/Spring neighborhood, Tucson, AZ Chicane or curb extension at SE corner of 9th Ave and 4th Street (after we finish the first, maybe 8:30am) Chicane or curb extension at SE corner of 10th Ave and 4th Street (after we […]

27th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain, Tree, & Food Forest Planting (PART ONE) – Tucson, AZ

Dunbar Spring neighborhood Tucson, AZ, United States

Sunday, April 16th, 7am. FREE This planting of rain, trees, understory, & wildflowers is occurring in the Dunbar/Spring 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 16, 2023. […]

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