Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood ForestersDeadline for placing an order: Friday, December 30, 2022 (NOTE: We'll take sign ups for next year's program November 1, 2023) Implementation is planned for this winter, exact dates in early 2023 will be announced once we have the permits. Since 1996 this program has coordinated neighborhood & community volunteers to plant over 1,700 trees […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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: Saturday, April 22, 2023. The stormwater eddy basins (each […]
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 23, 2023. The stormwater eddy basins […]
The cholla cactus flower buds just started blooming in our neighborhood this week, so its time to harvest some (but not all)! Come join us as we harvest cholla flower buds from neighborhood-grown staghorn cholla cactus, then process and enjoy the delicious bounty. WHEN: 7am, Saturday, August 29th WHERE: 813 N. 9th Avenue Tucson, AZ […]
Mesquite pod milling event in Tucson, AZ hosted and organized by: Mission Garden 946 W Mission Lane Tucson, AZ, 85745 Saturday, July 1, 2023 8am-noon Great opportunity to mill your pods into delicious, nutritious, edible flour! Velvet and screwbean mesquite pods in the bowl. Velvet mesquite leaves in lower left corner. Mesquite flour to left […]
Neighborhood Foresters Native Yard Tree Sale & and help planting the tree(s) For the neighborhoods of Dunbar/Spring, Barrio Anita, and Barrio Blue Moon 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 September 30. […]