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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240920
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SUMMARY:Dunbar/Spring (and adjoining neighborhoods) baby saguaro sale & planting
DESCRIPTION: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). \nThey have been growing out in the open (in their nursery pots)\, and can be planted in the ground out in the open\, though they’d prefer a little shade from the hot afternoon sun. The ideal time to plant is after the fall equinox (September 21) as the sun is then lower in the sky as less likely to sunburn the young saguaros as they are getting established. They will be well acclimatized when the sun gets higher again after the spring equinox (March 21). \n  \nHere are some saguaro babies planted earlier and cared for by various neighbors  \n  \nZach\, Jane\, and Family with their newly planted baby saguaro\, 2023.\nGlenn and the baby he helps steward. Photo: Brad Lancaster\, 2-2022\nThey’ll need to be watered twice a week the first month\, and then once per week after that (especially during their first hot summer in the ground). After that they should be good to go on their own. \nThese young cacti may be small\, but they grow faster than you think.\nThey can grow up to 6 inches per year if they get a little more moisture (I’ve witnessed this when they are planted next to\, but not within\, a rainwater-harvesting basin. \nBaby saguaros we planted years ago in the neighborhood are now taller than us. \nPlanting saguaros as living totems.\nWhen Mark Lancaster wast born (45 years before this photo was taken) the saguaro he is hugging was the size of the adolescent saguaro in his right hand.\nWe plant similar-sized adolescents with Mark\, family\, friends’\, and neighbors’ big life events and births. They all then grow up together.\nReproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition” by Brad Lancaster\nLet’s bring the saguaro forest back into our neighborhoods by planting now!\nThe saguaros have beautiful flowers that support many native pollinators\, then delicious fruit for us\, wildlife\, and livestock. Plus\, they make great nesting sites for many birds\, including elf owls\, that take up residence in nesting holes wood peckers create in the saguaro. \nLet’s make hooting owls (that nest in the cavities or “boots” within the saguaros) a regular occurrence at night in our neighborhood! \nSaguaro fruit\nPhoto: Brad Lancaster\n  \nContact Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com with your name\, phone\, email\, address\, and neighborhood if you are interested.\nOnly a limited supply available – first come\, first get!\nAnd you must commit to caring for the saguaro for years to come – its super easy\, and they’ll do so much better with you looking out for them.\nBrad will deliver the saguaro\, help you find a good planting spot\, and help you plant. \n  \nPriority will be given to those planting & caring for the baby saguaros in the public right-of-way (that way everyone can enjoy them); then front yards where the saguaros can be seen by passers by. \nPriority will also be give to locations in the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood (we are trying to encourage each neighborhood to organize its own sale and planting). \nBut if we have enough\, second priority will be for the following neighboring neighborhoods of:\nBarrio Anita\, Barrio Blue Moon\, and West University \n\n  \nWanna help others with the planting? \nEmail Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com. \n  \n\nThanks to B & B cactus farm for growing these cactus!\nKeep them in mind when you want to gift someone a baby saguaro to act and grow as living totem marking a big life event such as a birth\, wedding\, graduation\, job\, etc. \n  \nCheck out our yard tree sale & planting too \n  \nFor great info on planting the rain\, greywater\, stormwater\, and more to water your plants for free\nSee HarvestingRainwater.com and the full-color editions of the books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/dunbar-spring-and-adjoining-neighborhoods-neighborhood-baby-saguaro-sale-planting-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241001
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
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SUMMARY:Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters' Yard Tree Sale & Planting
DESCRIPTION:Order forms and payment must be received in the month of September.\nThe sooner you get it in\, the sooner you get your tree(s). Last day we take orders is October 27.\n\n\nOrder form here \n  \nGrow shade\, food\, wildlife habitat\, and beauty around your home with 5-gallon-sized native trees available for\n$39 each if you help us plant the tree\nor\n$5o each if we plant your tree without your help. \nWe have a few trees available for free (thanks to donations to the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters) for those that cannot afford to pay for the tree.\nTo apply for a donated tree\, fill out the order form writing “Requesting donated tree” at the top of the form\, and return the order form. \nMake a donation here \n  \nNeighbor Glenn beside the desert ironwood tree we planted with him ten years ago when it was just one foot tall. Blue arrows denote stormwater flow\, and show how we direct roof runoff to the tree basin to water it for free. Photo: Brad Lancaster\nWe can help you with plant selection and placement to maximize the benefits of the tree(s)\, while optimizing the passive harvest of on-site waters to help irrigate the tree for free—this is all part of the program. \nOnce we have your order\, we will schedule planting time with you. \nWe only offer low-water-use Tucson Basin native trees through this program as they are the best adapted to our local climate\, soils\, and wildlife. While many non-native trees died in the neighborhood in the record drought that preceeded this summer’s rains\, the natives survived! And we need to shade up and cool off the bare spots in our neighborhood to help passively cool us as temperatures rise. \nTucson is the third-fastest warming city in the U.S. \nOnce shade trees grow to maturity\, if planted on the east or west side of your home they can help reduce summer temperatures by over 20˚ F! Grow your air conditioners! \nFor videos showing the cooling effect of native shade trees in Tucson see:\nhere\nand\nhere\nand\nhere \nAnd by directing roof runoff and/or household greywater to the basins around the tree\, you can irrigate the trees for free. \nDirect questions to Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com \n  \nResponsibilities of those getting trees\nYou will be responsible for the care of the tree. It will need to be watered three times a week for\nthe first month\, then at least one good watering per week after that (especially when things heat\nup again) until the tree is established . Establishment takes from one to three years. \nIf the tree is well-chosen and -placed with passive water harvesting you won’t need to water the tree after establishment. \nNeighbors Marina and Dimitri beside the desert ironwood tree they just planted on the edge of Perry Ave alley. It will grow to shade this otherwise bare\, sun-baked area. Ideally\, the water-harvesting basin would be larger\, but in this instance there was not enough room to make it larger. Marina and Dimitri will water the tree the first 1 to 3 years to get it established. Then it will make it on its own. Photo: Brad Lancaster\nPlantings will occur throughout September as we schedule them with those ordering trees\n \nWant to volunteer to help your neighbors plant their trees in water-harvesting basins?\nLet Brad know at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com and he’ll get you on the supervised team. Be sure to provide him your email and phone number for easy contact. \n  \n  \nFor our annual program\nplanting rain and native food forests\nin the public rights of ways along the street\nwhere street runoff is directed\nto street-side rain gardens see here.\nDeadline to sign up is November 6\, 2024.\nNeighbor Shadrick watering his velvet mesquite trees right after Neighborhood Foresters helped him plant them.\nBlue arrows denote rainwater and stormwater flow from roof and driveway that will help irrigate the trees for free.\nNote that the hardy\, long-lived mesquite tree by Shadrick was planted to succeed the weak\, short-lived volunteer Mexican palo verde (Parkinsonia aculeata) tree to its left.\nSoil around newly-planted trees was mulched with free fertile leaf drop collected from beneath a mature native velvet mesquite tree on the property.\nPhoto: Brad Lancaster
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/dunbar-spring-neighborhood-foresters-yard-tree-sale-planting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20240421T070000
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SUMMARY:Dunbar/Spring and West University Rain & Native Food Forest Planting (PART TWO) - Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nDate: Sunday\, April 21\, 2024.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. Got to plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nTime: 7:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then we plant the two sites. The demonstration will show you how to plant the rain to maximize its potential\, how to plant food-bearing native trees by seed and/or with nursery stock to maximize passive summer shading/cooling\, and how to recycle/plant prunings and leaves as fertility-building\, carbon-sequestering\, pollutant-filtering\, water-harvesting mulch.\nEnd time of 10:00 is approximate (with a good showing of folks we’ll likely finish up early). \nLocations:\n341 E. 1st Street (in West University neighborhood)\nOnce we finish planting there\, we’ll move to the next and last site at:\n920 N. Perry Ave (in Dunbar/Spring neighborhood)\n \nCome join us in planting native shade trees\, understory vegetation\, and seed within or beside water-harvesting earthworks in the public rights-of-way. The idea is to plant native food-producing\, flood-controlling\, wildlife-habitat-producing\, beautiful\, air- and water-filtering\, living air conditioners. Street trees that shade up to 75% of the street’s surface can also cool summer neighborhood temperatures by up to 20ºF. \nThis enhances the walkability and bikeability of our neighborhoods\, which improves health and drops crime. When we harvest street runoff to irrigate the street trees\, we also reduce water consumption as we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,700 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, thousands of understory plants\, and contributed to annually harvesting over one million gallons of stormwater that used to go to the stormdrain—let’s keep going! \n  \nWhat to bring: Work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, and water as we’ll be working outdoors. A pointed shovel\, pruning tools\, and/or hard rake would also be great (and we’ll have some extra tools on hand for those lacking them). \n  \n\nBonus: We’ll also help you identify desired native wildflowers to encourage – and pesky invasive weeds to pull – so next year we have more wildflowers and fewer weeds. \n  \nFor info and photos from past plantings see here \n  \nFor more info on our Annual Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting see here \n  \nFor more info on these and many other water harvesting strategies\, check out the full-color\, revised editions of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond available at deep discount direct from the author Brad Lancaster.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/dunbar-spring-and-west-university-rain-native-food-forest-planting-part-two-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20240414T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20240414T100000
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SUMMARY:5th Annual West University neighborhood Rain & Native Food Forest Planting – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nDate: Sunday\, April 14\, 2024.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. Got to plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nTime: 7:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. The demonstration will show you how to plant the rain to maximize its potential\, how to plant food-bearing native trees by seed and/or with nursery stock to maximize passive summer shading/cooling\, and how to recycle/plant prunings and leaves as fertility-building\, carbon-sequestering\, pollutant-filtering\, water-harvesting mulch.\nEnd time of 10:00 is approximate (with a good showing of folks we’ll likely finish up early). \nMeeting spot:\n341 E. 1st Street\nOnce we finish planting there\, we’ll move to the following locations in the neighborhood\, all just a block away from one another  (in the following order):\n1001 N. 3rd Ave\n604 E. 1st Street\n\n \nCome join us in planting native shade trees\, understory vegetation\, and seed within or beside water-harvesting earthworks in the public rights-of-way. The idea is to plant native food-producing\, flood-controlling\, wildlife-habitat-producing\, beautiful\, air- and water-filtering\, living air conditioners. Street trees that shade up to 75% of the street’s surface can also cool summer neighborhood temperatures by up to 20ºF. \nThis enhances the walkability and bikeability of our neighborhoods\, which improves health and drops crime. When we harvest street runoff to irrigate the street trees\, we also reduce water consumption as we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,700 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, thousands of understory plants\, and contributed to annually harvesting over one million gallons of stormwater that used to go to the stormdrain—let’s keep going! \n  \nWhat to bring: Work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, and water as we’ll be working outdoors. A pointed shovel\, pruning tools\, and/or hard rake would also be great (and we’ll have some extra tools on hand for those lacking them). \n  \n\nBonus: We’ll also help you identify desired native wildflowers to encourage – and pesky invasive weeds to pull – so next year we have more wildflowers and fewer weeds. \n  \nFor info and photos from past plantings see here \n  \nFor more info on our Annual Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting see here \n  \n  \nWe’ll do the Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Planting on Saturday\, April 13\, 2024 \n  \n  \nFor more info on these and many other water harvesting strategies\, check out the full-color\, revised editions of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond available at deep discount direct from the author Brad Lancaster.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/5th-annual-west-university-neighborhood-rain-native-food-forest-planting-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20240413T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20240413T100000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20240404T001502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240406T055408Z
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SUMMARY:28th Annual Dunbar/Spring neighborhood Rain & Native Food Forest Planting – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nDate: Saturday\, April 13\, 2024.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. Got to plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nTime: 7:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. The demonstration will show you how to plant the rain to maximize its potential\, how to plant food-bearing native trees by seed and/or with nursery stock to maximize passive summer shading/cooling\, and how to recycle/plant prunings and leaves as fertility-building\, carbon-sequestering\, pollutant-filtering\, water-harvesting mulch.\nEnd time of 10:00 is approximate (with a good showing of folks we’ll likely finish up early). \nMeeting spot:\n610 N. 9th Ave\nOnce we finish planting there\, we’ll move to the following locations in the neighborhood\, all just a block away from one another  (in the following order):\n124 W. 4th Street\n127 W. University Blvd\n920 N. Perry Ave\n905 N. 9th Ave\n \nCome join us in planting native shade trees\, understory vegetation\, and seed within or beside water-harvesting earthworks in the public rights-of-way. The idea is to plant native food-producing\, flood-controlling\, wildlife-habitat-producing\, beautiful\, air- and water-filtering\, living air conditioners. Street trees that shade up to 75% of the street’s surface can also cool summer neighborhood temperatures by up to 20ºF. \nThis enhances the walkability and bikeability of our neighborhoods\, which improves health and drops crime. When we harvest street runoff to irrigate the street trees\, we also reduce water consumption as we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,700 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, thousands of understory plants\, and contributed to annually harvesting over one million gallons of stormwater that used to go to the stormdrain—let’s keep going! \n  \nWhat to bring: Work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, and water as we’ll be working outdoors. A pointed shovel\, pruning tools\, and/or hard rake would also be great (and we’ll have some extra tools on hand for those lacking them). \n  \n\nBonus: We’ll also help you identify desired native wildflowers to encourage – and pesky invasive weeds to pull – so next year we have more wildflowers and fewer weeds. \n  \nFor info and photos from past plantings see here \n  \nFor more info on our Annual Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting see here \n  \n  \nWe’ll do the West University Neighborhood Planting on Saturday\, April 14\, 2024 \n  \n  \nFor more info on these and many other water harvesting strategies\, check out the full-color\, revised editions of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond available at deep discount direct from the author Brad Lancaster.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/28th-annual-dunbar-spring-neighborhood-rain-native-food-forest-planting-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20231217T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20231217T105000
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SUMMARY:Native wildflower seed planting in traffic circle & chicanes at 11th Ave and 1st Street
DESCRIPTION:Now is the ideal time to plant native wildflower seeds if you’d like to see a sweet wildflower show this spring! \nThe Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters have native wildflower seed for planting within neighborhood green infrastructure (water-harvesting\, traffic-calming circles and chicanes/curb extensions). \nIf you’d like to get some of that seed and coordinate a time with Brad and other neighborhood foresters for a planting of that seed in green infrastructure near you – contact Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com. \nDuring such plantings we will also help you identify what is a native wildflower or other desired plant\, and what is an invasive weed. We then pull the weeds. \nWe’ll likely have some extra seed for those helping plant to also plant in their yards and the public right-of-way adjoining their place. \nThis week before rain is forecast to begin this Friday would be ideal to plant! \nJoin us for the first planting of the season at 11th Ave & 1st Street at 9:45am Sunday\, 12-17-23! \nSpring wildflower show thanks to planting of native wildflower seed in late fall.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/native-wildflower-seed-planting-in-traffic-circle-chicanes-at-11th-ave-and-1st-street/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231107
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
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SUMMARY:Deadline to sign up for installation of rain gardens and plantings with the 28th Annual Dunbar/Spring (& 5th Annual West University) Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Native Food Forest Planting – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:Deadline for placing an order:\nNovember 6\,  2023\nFirst step:\nSign up on the Neighborhood Foresters Contact page here\n \nSecond step:\nFill out\, sign\, & return this maintenance/stewarding agreement to NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com. \nThird step:\nIf you want to qualify for Tucson Water’s rainwater harvesting rebate or the low-income water harvesting grants and loans (as of July 1\, 2023) you are required to take an eligible free workshop BEFORE installation of your system. \n  \nImplementation is planned for winter\, exact dates in early 2024 will be announced once we have the permits. \nSince 1996 this program has coordinated neighborhood & community volunteers to plant over 1\,700 trees in the public rights-of-ways of the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood\, along with thousands of understory plants. These plantings are freely irrigated by rain and stormwater passively harvested within water-harvesting earthworks. All these neighborhood earthworks combined annually harvest over 1 million gallons of stormwater\, that previously wastefully drained away. \nIn 2020 through 2023 we even expanded into the adjoining neighborhood of West University – we plan to do the same in 2024. \nWe could also expand into another adjoining neighborhood if we get a resident from that neighborhood to step up and collaborate with us. \nThese plantings save you and our community water and money; grow shade\, cooling\, and comfort; help recharge our local groundwater; reduce flooding; sequester carbon; provide wildlife habitat; improve soil fertility; grow food\, fiber\, fodder\, and beauty; build community; and enhance quality of life for everyone. \nLet’s keep it going and expanding – invest in\, and help steward\, the pocket of the community forest adjoining your home\, business\, school\, or organization now! \n  \nFirst – we plant the rain!\nWATER-HARVESTING-BASIN-CREATION SERVICE:\nOnce again\, we are working with licensed contractors (John Litzel of Little John Excavating and Jeff Rhody of Dryland Design) to: \n• Dig street-side basin(s) [average size is 5 to 8 feet long x 5 feet wide x 1 foot deep] with a backhoe\n• Remove excavated soil with backhoe and dump truck\n• Deliver and hand-set local Catalina granite rock to stabilize the basin banks and planting terraces. (Those wanting to learn how to set rock and work with\, and learn from\, the contractor may have this opportunity – contact Brad if this interests you).\n• Drill core holes in the street curb to direct street runoff into the street-side basin for a lifetime of free stormwater irrigation and flood control\n• Apply organic-matter mulch to basins derived from composted goat pen bedding and manure from neighborhood goats that eat neighborhood prunings\n• Handle the permitting\n• Plant selection\, design\, & placement within the ideal rain garden planting zone. \nCosts\nAverage price (after City Rainwater Harvesting Rebate) is expected to be $650 – $900 per basin.\nActual average cost without rebate is $1\,300 – $1\,500 per basin with curb coring\, but the rebate covers half the cost. \nLow-income grants and loans also available \nNew revision has increased the rebate\nIn the past\, the City Rainwater Harvesting $2\,000 rebate was limited to $500 for passive water-harvesting systems (systems without tanks)\, but the Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Foresters program now qualifies for the full $2\,000 rebate for passive systems! \nTo get the rebate\nAs of July 1\, 2023\, Tucson Water customers applying for a rainwater harvesting or gray water harvesting rebate will be required to take an eligible workshop before installation of their system.\n \nAmazing deal\nEven without the rebate\, this program is an amazing deal\, but with the rebate it is even more amazing! The average basin can capture over 4\,500 gallons of stormwater per year (assuming average annual rainfall of 11 inches). Trees and other plantings planted with such basins grow to be healthier and  larger\, and have faster growth rates than those without such basins. And the basins bottoms and planting terrace can be seeded or planted with beautiful native understory plantings. See here for ideas of understory plantings and their ideal planting location. \nThis basin creation price is lower than market rates because we are able to get a bulk deal by pooling many installations and permits into one—it pays to collaborate as a community! We coordinate the design services\, underground utility markings\, permitting\, inspection\, and contracting so you don’t have to! \nExcavation is done by a backhoe and operator\, excavated soil is removed from site (unless homeowner wants to use it elsewhere on property)\, and includes rock\, professional rockwork\, curb coring\, and mulch. The basins have high capacity – resulting in far more free irrigation stormwater\, groundwater recharge potential\, and more flood control. \nYou can see an example of Dryland Design’s rockwork at street side basins in front of 236 W. University Blvd. and the northeast corner of 10th Ave and 2nd Street.\, along with photos below. \nPLANT ORDER AND DELIVERY:\nNative trees (5-gallon size) cost $32 each.\nUnderstory plants (1-gallon size) cost $12 each.\nNative wildflower & restoration seed is $10.\nOrganic-matter mulch is $10 per basin.\nTrees\, understory plants\, and native wildflower & restoration seed are all planted at the same time. This makes irrigating them all (to get them established) much easier as you are already irrigating\, and quickly establishes a living sponge of beautiful\, sheltering\, wildlife-supporting\, vegetation including edible and medicinal species.\nThe mulch is applied after planting to enhance plant and soil health while increasing water infiltration and decreasing water loss to evaporation. \nYou are expected to participate in the planting along with other community volunteers – deepen your roots and get to know your plants and neighbors. \n  \nEXISTING WATER-HARVESTING BASIN EXPANSION SERVICE:\nThe basin creation service can also be used to enlarge or enhance existing (but perhaps undersized) basins.\nPrice depends upon how much the basin is enlarged or enhanced. \nWATER-HARVESTING CURB-CORING SERVICE:\nAverage cost per 4-inch diameter core hole drilled is $80. A fantastic deal\, because once done you get free stormwater for life – as long as you keep the core inlet clear of debris. \nALL TREE\, BASIN\, AND CURB-CORING ORDERS MUST BE IN BY:\nNovember 6\, 2023.  \n  \nTO SUBMIT YOUR ORDER:\n• Email Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com to get on the list\, send him your Maintenance/Stewarding Agreement filled out and signed for every address ordering trees. \n• Make sure you meet the requirements go get the help of the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters program in the section below. \nIf you want to participate in the rebate program\, sign up for the free three-hour water harvesting class (you must take the class before we do the work). \nBrad will then schedule a time to meet with you on site to plan the scope of work and plant selection. \n  \n  \nRequirements to get the Rain and Tree Planting help of Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters program: \n1. Invasive weeds must be removed from all areas you want to plant rainwater and trees BEFORE the rain and trees are planted. \n2. Must have a continuous pedestrian path minimum 5-feet wide\, cleared to a height of 7 feet\, and having an approved path surface in the public right-of-way adjoining your property.\nIf you don’t already have this\, we can create it for you with the help of our contractors. \n\nApproved pathway materials that maintain public access and walkability: \n• Compacted native soil. Free and already on site! \n• Screened organic material (woodchip) mulch no larger than 1/2-inch in particle size.\n(Do not apply mulch thicker than a 1-inch depth. Thicker depths bog down small wheels of babycarriages and wheelchairs).\nOne local mulch supplier is Tank’s Green Stuff. \n• Compacted or stabilized ¼ to 3/8-inch minus decomposed granite (DG).\nThere are natural polymers that can be mixed in with the decomposed granite to better hold it together and stabilize it. DG is available from local landscape material suppliers. (Gary Wittwer\, past Landscape Architect\, City of Tucson Transportation Department told me this can be installed to be American Disabilities Act (ADA)-accessible \n• Pavers/brick\, which can be installed within the grade/slope tolerances of the ADA \n• Maintained concrete sidewalks (ADA-accessible) \nNon-approved\, non-accepted path materials that inhibit public access and walkability:\n• Loose rock or gravel\n• Decomposed granite larger than 3/8-inch in particle size\n• Course organic material (woodchip) mulch larger than 1-inch in size; or organic mulch thicker than 1-inch depth. \nNOTE: If you would like trees for planting on private property\,\n• Choose the native trees and understory plants you want by filling out and handing in (with payment) our order form. \nAlternatively\, you can also visit https://tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org/trees-for-tucson/ or call (520) 791-3109. Native and fruit trees are available (ideally you set up a greywater-harvesting system for these fruit trees first\, as they will require more water than native trees as well as regular watering in the hot and dry seasons). Note that the City of Tucson has a greywater-harvesting rebate covering up to half the cost of a greywater system with a rebate cap of $1\,000. \n\n\n\nDunbar Spring (and West University) Neighborhood\nRain Planting and Curb Coring Service flyer 2024 \nLittle John Excavating digging high-volume basin. Dump truck will haul away excavated soil. Photo: Brad Lancaster\n  \n\n  \n\nBeautiful rock work\, by Dryland Design\, stabilizing basin banks and planting terraces. Local surface rock – Catalina granite – is used. Photo: Brad Lancaster\n\n\n\nContractor drilling 4-inch diameter core hole through street curb so street runoff will enter and fill the basin.\nReproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition” by Brad Lancaster\nCurb core complete.\nReproduced with permission from Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition by Brad Lancaster\nComplete street-side rain garden harvesting street runoff for free irrigation. This is less than one year after installation. Photo: Brad Lancaster\nSee here for our 2023 installations and plantings\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/deadline-to-sign-up-for-installation-of-rain-gardens-and-plantings-with-the-28th-annual-dunbar-spring-5th-annual-west-university-neighborhood-rain-tree-native-food-forest-planting-tu/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230904T145942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T160840Z
UID:947-1693526400-1696118399@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Neighborhood Foresters Yard Tree Sale & Planting for the neighborhoods of Dunbar/Spring\, Barrio Anita\, and Barrio Blue Moon
DESCRIPTION:Neighborhood Foresters\nNative Yard Tree Sale\n& and help planting the tree(s)\n \nFor the neighborhoods of Dunbar/Spring\, Barrio Anita\, and Barrio Blue Moon \nOrder forms and payment must be received in the month of September.\nThe sooner you get it in\, the sooner you get your tree(s). Last day we take orders is September 30.\n\n\nOrder form available for download here \nGrow shade\, food\, wildlife habitat\, and beauty around your home with 5-gallon-sized native trees available for\n$35 each if you help us plant the tree\nor\n$5o each if we plant your tree without your help. \nWe have a few trees available for free (thanks to donations to the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters) for those that cannot afford to pay for the tree.\nTo apply for a donated tree\, fill out the order form writing “Requesting donated tree” at the top of the form\, and return the order form. \nMake a donation here \n  \nNeighbor Glenn beside the desert ironwood tree we planted with him ten years ago when it was just one foot tall. Blue arrows denote stormwater flow\, and show how we direct roof runoff to the tree basin to water it for free. Photo: Brad Lancaster\nWe can help you with plant selection and placement to maximize the benefits of the tree(s)\, while optimizing the passive harvest of on-site waters to help irrigate the tree for free—this is all part of the program. \nOnce we have your order\, we will schedule planting time with you. \nWe only offer low-water-use Tucson Basin native trees through this program as they are the best adapted to our local climate\, soils\, and wildlife. While many non-native trees died in the neighborhood in the record drought that preceeded this summer’s rains\, the natives survived! And we need to shade up and cool off the bare spots in our neighborhood to help passively cool us as temperatures rise. \nTucson is the third-fastest warming city in the U.S. \nOnce shade trees grow to maturity\, if planted on the east or west side of your home they can help reduce summer temperatures by over 20˚ F! Grow your air conditioners! \nFor videos showing the cooling effect of native shade trees in Tucson see:\nhere\nand\nhere\nand\nhere \nAnd by directing roof runoff and/or household greywater to the basins around the tree\, you can irrigate the trees for free. \nDirect questions to Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com \nResponsibilities of those getting trees\nYou will be responsible for the care of the tree. It will need to be watered three times a week for\nthe first month\, then at least one good watering per week after that (especially when things heat\nup again) until the tree is established . Establishment takes from one to three years. \nIf the tree is well-chosen and -placed with passive water harvesting you won’t need to water the tree after establishment. \nNeighbors Marina and Dimitri beside the desert ironwood tree they just planted on the edge of Perry Ave alley. It will grow to shade this otherwise bare\, sun-baked area. Ideally\, the water-harvesting basin would be larger\, but in this instance there was not enough room to make it larger. Marina and Dimitri will water the tree the first 1 to 3 years to get it established. Then it will make it on its own. Photo: Brad Lancaster\nPlantings will occur throughout September as we schedule them with those ordering trees\n \nWant to volunteer to help your neighbors plant their trees in water-harvesting basins?\nLet Brad know at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com and he’ll get you on the supervised team. Be sure to provide him your email and phone number for easy contact. \n  \nNeighbor Shadrick watering his velvet mesquite trees right after Neighborhood Foresters helped him plant them.Blue arrows denote rainwater and stormwater flow from roof and driveway that will help irrigate the trees for free.                                Note that the hardy\, long-lived mesquite tree by Shadrick was planted to succeed the weak\, short-lived volunteer Mexican palo verde (Parkinsonia aculeata) tree to its left.                                                                              Soil around newly-planted trees was mulched with free fertile leaf drop collected from beneath a mature native velvet mesquite tree on the property.Photo: Brad Lancaster\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/dunbar-spring-neighborhood-yard-tree-sale-planting-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230701T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230701T120000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230523T203507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230612T204826Z
UID:848-1688198400-1688212800@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Mesquite pod milling event in Tucson\, AZ at Mission Garden
DESCRIPTION:Mesquite pod milling event in Tucson\, AZ hosted and organized by:\nMission Garden\n946 W Mission Lane\nTucson\, AZ\, 85745\n\n\nSaturday\, July 1\, 2023\n\n\n\n8am-noon \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreat opportunity to mill your pods into delicious\, nutritious\, edible flour!\n\n\nVelvet and screwbean mesquite pods in the bowl. Velvet mesquite leaves in lower left corner. Mesquite flour to left of bowl. Mesquite honey to right of bowl. Photo: Brad Lancaster\nHARVEST\, STORING\, & PLANTING TIPS:\n\n\n\n• Pick pods from tree not the ground. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n• Pick them when they are ripe\, yellow\, and dry enough that they snap in two when you try to bend them. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n• Taste pod from a mesquite tree. If you like it\, pick more. If you don’t like it\, go try a pod from another tree. (Every tree has its own flavor). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n• Store pods in a DRY place where rodents can not get to them. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n• When you bring the pods to the milling event\, make sure they are in food-grade containers with your name and contact info on them\, and make sure you ONLY have clean dry pods in the containers – NO leaves\, rock\, dirt\, debris\, etc. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n• NOTE: Native velvet mesquite trees tend to have great tasting pods more often than non-native mesquites\, and the native mesquites are vastly superior for native wildlife habitat as the native flora and fauna co-evolved together. So\, if planting a mesquite tree—plant a native!\n\nFor tips on how to tell the difference between a native or non-native mesquite see here. \n\nIn 2006\, Chi Lancaster standing beside the velvet mesquite tree planted ten years before from a 5-gallon pot in 1996 by the Girl Scouts.Seed pods from the tree are tasty to chew on\, make drinks\, or grind into flour. Neighborhood cholla buds\, olives\, chiltepines\, mesquite flour\, prickly pear jam\, and honey sit on the ground near the curb cut that allows street runoff to passively irrigate food-bearing plants in the right-of-way.Reproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition”\n\n\n\nHelp out at the event:\n\nIf you’ve had experience at other mesquite milling events (perhaps helping people inspect pods to make sure they are ready for the mill\, and such)\, and want to help out at the event; contact the organizers of the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSee the Event’s webpage for more info:\n\nhttps://www.missiongarden.org/events/mesquite-milling-2023 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor tips on how to plant & steward rain-irrigated native food forests in your neighborhood see:\nNeighborhoodForesters.org\nand\nHarvestingRainwater.com
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/mesquite-pod-milling-event-in-tucson-az-at-mission-garden-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230429T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230429T090000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230426T175009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230429T214735Z
UID:794-1682751600-1682758800@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Hands-on cholla bud harvesting\, processing\, eating\, & planting workshop
DESCRIPTION:The cholla cactus flower buds just started blooming in our neighborhood this week\, so its time to harvest some (but not all)! \nCome join us as we harvest cholla flower buds from neighborhood-grown staghorn cholla cactus\, then process and enjoy the delicious bounty. \nWHEN:\n7am\, Saturday\, August 29th \nWHERE:\n813 N. 9th Avenue\nTucson\, AZ \nCOST:\n$11 \nREGISTER:\nThere are a limited number of spaces so purchase your spot now. First registered\, first served.\nWhen you hit the Buy Now button (removed after event)\, you’ll be taken to Brad Lancaster’s Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands PayPal site\, as Brad is the instructor of this workshop. \n  \nCholla bud pico de gallo salsa. Photo: Brad Lancaster\nTo ensure more productive harvests in the future\, we’ll also show you how to propagate and plant more from cuttings.\nThe idea is to grow and steward such rain-irrigated native food plants where you live\, work\, & play. \nLearn by doing as we cover ethical harvesting\, how to de-thorn the buds before and/or after harvesting\, different processing methods\, feast on some prepared dishes\, & how to propagate more plants from cuttings selected from plants with desired flower color (there are over 12 different bloom colors) and bud characteristics. \nYou will go home with a potted-up cutting to plant in your part of the neighborhood. \nWe start and finish early to beat the heat. \n  \nMore info on cholla cactus\, their edible parts\, and other wonders\n here \n  \nPotential bonus:\nWe may also harvest\, process\, and enjoy neighborhood-grown wolfberries depending on time and if the family and birds have not yet eaten all the berries by the time we have the workshop. \nLycium fremonti wolfberries and bloom. Photo: Brad Lancaster\nGet more info on wolfberries\nhere. \n  \nMay also have some nopalito tapas\, palo verde blossoms\, mormon tea\, chuparosa blossoms\, and barrel cactus fruit. \n  \nWhat to bring:\nTongs for harvesting the buds (though I have some extra for those in need) \nDress to be out in full sun. \nTweezers \n  \nFor more info on the various uses of these and other Tucson Basin native plants see the link below… \nEthnobotanical (Human Uses of Plants) Resources \n \n \n \nAnd for more on how to passively harvest water to irrigate your plantings for free see:\nhere
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/hands-on-cholla-bud-harvesting-processing-feasting-planting-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230423T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230423T100000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230416T232732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T140000Z
UID:786-1682233200-1682244000@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:4th Annual West University neighborhood Rain & Native Food Forest Planting - Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nDate: Sunday\, April 23\, 2023.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. Got to plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nTime: 7:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. The demonstration will show you how to plant the rain to maximize its potential\, how to plant food-bearing native trees by seed and/or with nursery stock to maximize passive summer shading/cooling\, and how to recycle/plant prunings and leaves as fertility-building\, carbon-sequestering\, pollutant-filtering\, water-harvesting mulch.\nEnd time of 10:00 is approximate (with a good showing of folks we’ll likely finish up early). \nMeeting spot:\n317 E. 1st Street\nOnce we finish planting there\, we’ll move to the following locations in the neighborhood (in the following order):\n425 E. 1st Street\n612 E. 2nd Street\n \nCome join us in planting native shade trees\, understory vegetation\, and seed within or beside water-harvesting earthworks in the public rights-of-way. The idea is to plant native food-producing\, flood-controlling\, wildlife-habitat-producing\, beautiful\, air- and water-filtering\, living air conditioners. Street trees that shade up to 75% of the street’s surface can also cool summer neighborhood temperatures by up to 20ºF.\nThis enhances the walkability and bikeability of our neighborhoods\, which improves health and drops crime. When we harvest street runoff to irrigate the street trees\, we also reduce water consumption as we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,700 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, thousands of understory plants\, and contributed to annually harvesting over one million gallons of stormwater that used to go to the stormdrain—let’s keep going! \n  \nWhat to bring: Work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, and water as we’ll be working outdoors. A pointed shovel\, pruning tools\, and/or hard rake would also be great (and we’ll have some extra tools on hand for those lacking them). \n  \n\nBonus: We’ll also help you identify desired native wildflowers to encourage – and pesky invasive weeds to pull – so next year we have more wildflowers and fewer weeds. \n  \nFor info and photos from past plantings see here \n  \nFor more info on our Annual Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting see here \n  \n  \nWe’ll do the Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Planting on Saturday\, April 22\, 2023 \n  \n  \nFor more info on these and many other water harvesting strategies\, check out the full-color\, revised editions of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond available at deep discount direct from the author Brad Lancaster.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/4th-annual-west-university-neighborhood-rain-native-food-forest-planting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230422T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230422T103000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230416T230105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T135719Z
UID:784-1682146800-1682159400@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:27th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting (PART TWO) – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nDate: Saturday\, April 22\, 2023.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. Got to plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nTime: 7:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. The demonstration will show you how to plant the rain to maximize its potential\, how to plant food-bearing native trees by seed and/or with nursery stock to maximize passive summer shading/cooling\, and how to recycle/plant prunings and leaves as fertility-building\, carbon-sequestering\, pollutant-filtering\, water-harvesting mulch.\nEnd time of 10:30 is approximate (with a good showing of folks we’ll likely finish up early). \nMeeting spot:\n610 N. 9th Ave\, (El Grupo Youth Cycling)\, Tucson\, AZ 85705\nOnce we finish planting there\, we’ll move to the following locations in the neighborhood (in the following order):\n232 W. University Blvd\n940 N. 10th Ave\n901 N. Perry Ave  \nCome join us in planting native shade trees\, understory vegetation\, and seed within or beside water-harvesting earthworks in the public rights-of-way. The idea is to plant native food-producing\, flood-controlling\, wildlife-habitat-producing\, beautiful\, air- and water-filtering\, living air conditioners. Street trees that shade up to 75% of the street’s surface can also cool summer neighborhood temperatures by up to 20ºF.\nThis enhances the walkability and bikeability of our neighborhoods\, which improves health and drops crime. When we harvest street runoff to irrigate the street trees\, we also reduce water consumption as we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,700 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, thousands of understory plants\, and contributed to annually harvesting over one million gallons of stormwater that used to go to the stormdrain—let’s keep going! \n  \nWhat to bring: Work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, and water as we’ll be working outdoors. A pointed shovel\, pruning tools\, and/or hard rake would also be great (and we’ll have some extra tools on hand for those lacking them). \n  \n\nBonus: We’ll also help you identify desired native wildflowers to encourage – and pesky invasive weeds to pull – so next year we have more wildflowers and fewer weeds. \n  \nFor info and photos from past plantings see here \n  \nFor more info on our Annual Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting see here \n  \n  \nWe’ll do the West University Neighborhood Planting on Sunday\, April 23\, 2023 \n  \n  \nAnd after the planting\, if you like\, you can purchase the new\, full-color\, revised editions of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond at deep discount direct from the author Brad Lancaster
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/27th-annual-dunbar-spring-neighborhood-rain-tree-food-forest-planting-part-two-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230416T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230416T093000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230415T011413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230416T233857Z
UID:779-1681628400-1681637400@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:27th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting (PART ONE) – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 16th\, 7am. FREE \n \nThis 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. \n\nDate: Sunday\, April 16\, 2023.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. Got to plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nTime: 7:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. The demonstration will show you how to plant the rain to maximize its potential\, how to plant food-bearing native trees by seed and/or with nursery stock to maximize passive summer shading/cooling\, and how to recycle/plant prunings and leaves as fertility-building\, carbon-sequestering\, pollutant-filtering\, water-harvesting mulch.\nEnd time of 9:30 is approximate (with a good showing of folks we’ll likely finish up early). \nMeeting spot:\n39 W. 2nd Street\, Tucson\, AZ 85705\nOnce we finish planting there (should only take 10-15 minutes)\, we’ll move to the following locations in the neighborhood (in the following order):\n224 W. 1st Street\n901 N. 13th Avenue \nCome join us in planting native shade trees and understory vegetation within or beside water-harvesting earthworks in the public rights-of-way. The idea is to plant native food-producing\, flood-controlling\, wildlife-habitat-producing\, beautiful\, air- and water-filtering\, living air conditioners. Street trees that shade up to 75% of the street’s surface can also cool summer neighborhood temperatures by up to 20ºF. This enhances the walkability and bikeability of our neighborhoods\, which improves health and drops crime. When we harvest street runoff to irrigate the street trees\, we also reduce water consumption as we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,700 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, thousands of understory plants\, and contributed to annually harvesting over one million gallons of stormwater that used to go to the stormdrain—let’s keep going! \n  \nWhat to bring: Work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, and water as we’ll be working outdoors. A pointed shovel\, pruning tools\, and/or hard rake would also be great (and we’ll have some extra tools on hand for those lacking them). \n  \n\nBonus: We’ll also help you identify desired native wildflowers to encourage – and pesky invasive weeds to pull – so next year we have more wildflowers and fewer weeds. \n  \nFor info and photos from past plantings see here \n  \nFor more info on our Annual Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting see here \n  \nWe’ll do the Dunbar Spring planting PART TWO on Saturday\, April 22\, 2023\n(We have more new basins in the neighborhood than we can plant in one morning this year)\n \n  \nAnd we’ll do the West University Neighborhood Planting on Sunday\, April 23\, 2023 \n  \n  \nAnd after the planting\, if you like\, you can purchase the new\, full-color\, revised editions of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond at deep discount direct from the author Brad Lancaster
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/27th-annual-dunbar-spring-neighborhood-rain-tree-food-forest-planting-part-one-tucson-az/
LOCATION:Dunbar Spring neighborhood\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85705\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230409T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230409T093000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230405T221436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230410T002350Z
UID:776-1681027200-1681032600@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Plant identification & green infrastructure work party
DESCRIPTION:Where: \nChicane or curb extension at SE corner of 10th Avenue and 4th Street (8am start)\nDunbar/Spring neighborhood\, Tucson\, AZ \nChicane or curb extension at SE corner of 9th Ave and 4th Street (after we finish the first\, maybe 8:30am) \nChicane or curb extension at SE corner of 10th Ave and 4th Street (after we finish the first two\, maybe 8:45am) \n  \nWant to improve your plant identification skills so you can better tell a native wildflower and a weed apart (even before or after they flower)? \nThen come help us hand weed this water-harvesting\, traffic-calming green infrastructure in our neighborhood streets  8am this Sunday\, April 9\,\nso the wildflowers remain\, thrive\, and reseed for a bigger future bloom!\nWe’ll also sow see of more desired native plants and wildflowers. \nIt should go quick! \nHope you’ll join us! \n  \nWant such a work party in your part of the neighborhood?\nLet us know at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com and we can help you make it happen and bring in more volunteers.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/plant-identification-green-infrastructure-work-party-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230402T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230402T093000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230401T155447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230401T160313Z
UID:766-1680422400-1680427800@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Plant identification & green infrastructure work party
DESCRIPTION:Where: \nChicane or curb extension at SE corner of 9th Avenue and 5th Street (8am start)\nDunbar/Spring neighborhood\, Tucson\, AZ \nChicane or curb extension at SE corner of 9th Ave and 4th Street (after we finish the first\, maybe 8:30am) \nChicane or curb extension at SE corner of 10th Ave and 4th Street (after we finish the first two\, maybe 8:45am) \n  \nWant to improve your plant identification skills so you can better tell a native wildflower and a weed apart (even before or after they flower)? \nThen come help us hand weed this water-harvesting\, traffic-calming green infrastructure in our neighborhood streets  8am this Sunday\, April 2\,\nso the wildflowers remain\, thrive\, and reseed for a bigger future bloom!\nWe’ll also sow see of more desired native plants and wildflowers. \nIt should go quick! \nHope you’ll join us! \n  \nWant such a work party in your part of the neighborhood?\nLet us know at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com and we can help you make it happen and bring in more volunteers.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/plant-identification-green-infrastructure-work-party/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230319T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230319T093000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230318T215354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230401T155958Z
UID:763-1679212800-1679218200@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Plant identification & neighborhood green infrastructure work party
DESCRIPTION:Where: \nTraffic circle at 1st Street and 9th Avenue (8am start)\nDunbar/Spring neighborhood\, Tucson\, AZ \nTraffic circle at 1st Street and 11th Avenue (after we finish the first\, maybe 8:30am) \n  \nWant to improve your plant identification skills so you can better tell a native wildflower and a weed apart (even before or after they flower)? \nThen come help us hand weed the traffic circle at 9th Ave and 1st Street at 8am this Sunday\, March 19\,\nso the wildflowers remain\, thrive\, and reseed for a bigger future bloom!\nWe’ll also sow seed of more desired native plants. \nIt should go quick\, and then we’ll move on to do the same at the traffic circle on 1st Street and 11th Ave. \nAnd if you want to help still more\, you can help us plant two trees for an elderly neighbor. \nHope you’ll join us! \n  \nWant such a work party in your part of the neighborhood?\nLet us know at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com and we can help you make it happen and bring in more volunteers.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/plant-identification-traffic-circle-work-party/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230218T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230218T113000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230131T050449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T202031Z
UID:738-1676710800-1676719800@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Pruning 2.0: Hands-on tree care\, overhead tree pruning\, & overhead utility line safety workshop
DESCRIPTION:Starts at 9am\nDone by noon \n\n\nCost: $5 \nWhere:\nNE corner of 9th Avenue and University Blvd.\nDunbar/Spring Neighborhood\, Tucson\, Arizona 85705 \nOpen to all. Learn how you can organize similar Neighborhood Forester efforts in your neighborhood. \n\n\nThis workshop will cover foundational pruning\, tree care\, and mulching; though focuses on pruning overhead with pole saws\, pole loppers\, and other hand tools. It also offers guidance in avoiding tree conflicts (and potential fire threats) with overhead power lines. \nAll work will be done while standing on the ground. \nAfter demonstration we will move to adjoining parts of the neighborhood to get supervised hands-on experience as we help prune native food-bearing trees and shrubs in our neighborhood’s public rights-of-way. \nParticipating in this workshop is required to be able to access the pole saw and pole lopper tools from the Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Foresters tool library. \nProfessional-grade pole lopper\, extension pole\, and pole saw available for Level 2 and up Neighborhood Foresters to check out. Pole tools and regular hand loppers on left are available for all to use at our workshops and Work & Learn stewarding parties.\nProfessionals can get continued education credits for the workshop from instructor Aleck. \nInstructors: certified arborist Aleck MacKinnon of the Pedaling Arborist\, assisted by Brad Lancaster of the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters. \nBring pruning tools if you have them. We’ll provide for those that don’t. \nAlso bring water and snacks\, and dress (sun hat\, gloves\, etc.) to be working outdoors in the sun. \n  \nOptions for prunings:\n• Reuse as a soil- and fertility-building mulch\nafter cutting up the prunings into 4-inch or shorter pieces \n• Feed desired prunings to neighborhood goats \n• Brush & Bulky will take your prunings away for free\nif they are 5 feet or shorter in length\nScheduled 2022 brush & bulky pick up in the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood is:\nJanuary 2\, 2023\nJuly 3\, 2023 \nFor brush & bulky pick up dates in other Tucson neighborhoods see here
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/pruning-2-0-hands-on-overhead-tree-pruning-workshop-overhead-utility-line-safety/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230211T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230211T130000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20230208T174301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T174301Z
UID:740-1676111400-1676120400@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Restoration & replanting of street-runoff harvesting basins
DESCRIPTION:Time & Place:\n9:30am to prep\, meeting at 813 N. 9th Ave before moving to the work site\n10:30am we begin work with the youth on the south side of 601 N. Stone Ave\, along 5th Street. \nWe’ll be working with youth from the Ironwood Tree Experience to restore\, enhance\, & replant street-runoff harvesting basins on the south side of Cirrus Visual at 601 N. Stone Ave. We’ll be working on the south side of the property on 5th Street between Stone Ave and Ash Avenue. \nThe basins were originally installed in 2009\, but the basin banks were never stabilized with rock\, so they have since silted in. \nWe will remove the sediment from the basins and rock the banks. We will harvest unneeded rock from the bottom of neighborhood green infrastructure basins\, thereby keeping public infrastructure rock with public infrastructure\, while enhancing all the infrastructure. \nBrad Lancaster and other neighborhood foresters will supervise and instruct. \nWork will include: water-harvesting earthwork\, rockwork\, planting\, mulching\, pruning\, seeding. \nBring hand tools if you have ’em\, otherwise we will provide. \nIf work goes quicker than expected we may do a little more work near University Blvd and 9th Ave afterward.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/restoration-replanting-of-street-runoff-harvesting-basins/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221230
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221231
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20220925T034207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230415T035519Z
UID:689-1672358400-1672444799@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:27th Annual Dunbar/Spring (& 4th Annual West University) Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Native Food Forest Planting – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:Deadline for placing an order:\nFriday\, December 30\, 2022 \n(NOTE: We’ll take sign ups for next year’s program November 1\, 2023)\n \nImplementation is planned for this winter\, exact dates in early 2023 will be announced once we have the permits. \nSince 1996 this program has coordinated neighborhood & community volunteers to plant over 1\,700 trees in the public rights-of-ways of the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood\, along with thousands of understory plants. These plantings are freely irrigated by rain and stormwater passively harvested within water-harvesting earthworks. All these neighborhood earthworks combined annually harvest over 1 million gallons of stormwater\, that previously wastefully drained away. \nIn 2020 through 2022 we even expanded into the adjoining neighborhood of West University – we plan to do the same in 2023. \nThese plantings save you and our community water and money; grow shade\, cooling\, and comfort; help recharge our local groundwater; reduce flooding; sequester carbon; provide wildlife habitat; improve soil fertility; grow food\, fiber\, fodder\, and beauty; build community; and enhance quality of life for everyone. \nLet’s keep it going and expanding – invest in\, and help steward\, the pocket of the community forest adjoining your home\, business\, school\, or organization now! \nFirst – we plant the rain!\nWATER-HARVESTING-BASIN-CREATION SERVICE:\nOnce again\, we are working with licensed contractors (John Litzel of Little John Excavating and Jeff Rhody of Dryland Design) to: \n• Dig street-side basin(s) [average size is 5 to 8 feet long x 5 feet wide x 1 foot deep] with a backhoe\n• Remove excavated soil with backhoe and dump truck\n• Deliver and hand-set local Catalina granite rock to stabilize the basin banks and planting terraces. (Those wanting to learn how to set rock and work with\, and learn from\, the contractor may have this opportunity – contact Brad if this interests you).\n• Drill core holes in the street curb to direct street runoff into the street-side basin for a lifetime of free stormwater irrigation and flood control\n• Apply organic-matter mulch to basins derived from composted goat pen bedding and manure from neighborhood goats that eat neighborhood prunings\n• Handle the permitting\n• You’ll also get advice/input on ideal basin placement and plant selection. \nCosts\nAverage price (after City Rainwater Harvesting Rebate) is expected to be $550 – $800 per basin.\nActual average cost without rebate is $1\,100 – $1\,300 per basin with curb coring\, but the rebate covers half the cost. \nNew revision has increased the rebate\nIn the past\, the City Rainwater Harvesting $2\,000 rebate was limited to $500 for passive water-harvesting systems (systems without tanks)\, but the Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Foresters program now qualifies for the full $2\,000 rebate for passive systems!\nThe Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Foresters\, along with SERI\, and Tucson Clean and Beautiful are three entities piloting the rebate revision.\n \nAmazing deal\nEven without the rebate\, this program is an amazing deal\, but with the rebate it is even more amazing! The average basin can capture over 4\,500 gallons of stormwater per year (assuming average annual rainfall of 11 inches). Trees and other plantings planted with such basins grow to be healthier and  larger\, and have faster growth rates than those without such basins. And the basins bottoms and planting terrace can be seeded or planted with beautiful native understory plantings. See here for ideas of understory plantings and their ideal planting location. \nThis basin creation price is lower than market rates because we are able to get a bulk deal by pooling many installations and permits into one—it pays to collaborate as a community! We coordinate the design services\, underground utility markings\, permitting\, inspection\, and contracting so you don’t have to! \nExcavation is done by a backhoe and operator\, excavated soil is removed from site (unless homeowner wants to use it elsewhere on property)\, and includes rock\, professional rockwork\, curb coring\, and mulch. The basins have high capacity – resulting in far more free irrigation stormwater\, groundwater recharge potential\, and more flood control. \nYou can see an example of Dryland Design’s rockwork at street side basins in front of 236 W. University Blvd. and the northeast corner of 10th Ave and 2nd Street.\, along with photos below. \nPLANT ORDER AND DELIVERY:\nNative trees (5-gallon size) cost $32 each.\nUnderstory plants (1-gallon size) cost $12 each.\nNative wildflower & restoration seed is $10.\nOrganic-matter mulch is $10 per basin.\nTrees\, understory plants\, and native wildflower & restoration seed are all planted at the same time. This makes irrigating them all (to get them established) much easier as you are already irrigating\, and quickly establishes a living sponge of beautiful\, sheltering\, wildlife-supporting\, vegetation including edible and medicinal species.\nThe mulch is applied after planting to enhance plant and soil health while increasing water infiltration and decreasing water loss to evaporation. \nYou are expected to participate in the planting along with other community volunteers – deepen your roots and get to know your plants and neighbors. \n  \nEXISTING WATER-HARVESTING BASIN EXPANSION SERVICE:\nThe basin creation service can also be used to enlarge or enhance existing (but perhaps undersized) basins.\nPrice depends upon how much the basin is enlarged or enhanced. \nWATER-HARVESTING CURB-CORING SERVICE:\nAverage cost per 4-inch diameter core hole drilled is $80. A fantastic deal\, because once done you get free stormwater for life – as long as you keep the core inlet clear of debris. \nALL TREE\, BASIN\, AND CURB-CORING ORDERS MUST BE IN BY:\nThursday\, December 30th\, 2021.  \nTO SUBMIT YOUR ORDER:\n• Email Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com to get on the list and get your tree-order form(s)\, maintenance agreements\, and checklist to ensure your site will meet the requirements of this program and the city permit. \n• Choose the trees and understory plants you want by filling out and handing in our order form. \n• Fill out\, sign\, and hand in the Maintenance/Stewarding Agreement for every address ordering trees. \nRequirements to get the Rain and Tree Planting help of Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters program: \n1. Invasive weeds must be removed from all areas you want to plant rainwater and trees BEFORE the rain and trees are planted. \n2. Must have a continuous pedestrian path minimum 5-feet wide\, cleared to a height of 7 feet\, and having an approved path surface in the public right-of-way adjoining your property.\nIf you don’t already have this\, we can create it for you with the help of our contractors. \n\nApproved pathway materials that maintain public access and walkability: \n• Compacted native soil. Free and already on site! \n• Screened organic material (woodchip) mulch no larger than 1/2-inch in particle size.\n(Do not apply mulch thicker than a 1-inch depth. Thicker depths bog down small wheels of babycarriages and wheelchairs).\nOne local mulch supplier is Tank’s Green Stuff. \n• Compacted or stabilized ¼ to 3/8-inch minus decomposed granite (DG).\nThere are natural polymers that can be mixed in with the decomposed granite to better hold it together and stabilize it. DG is available from local landscape material suppliers. (Gary Wittwer\, past Landscape Architect\, City of Tucson Transportation Department told me this can be installed to be American Disabilities Act (ADA)-accessible \n• Pavers/brick\, which can be installed within the grade/slope tolerances of the ADA \n• Maintained concrete sidewalks (ADA-accessible) \nNon-approved\, non-accepted path materials that inhibit public access and walkability:\n• Loose rock or gravel\n• Decomposed granite larger than 3/8-inch in particle size\n• Course organic material (woodchip) mulch larger than 1-inch in size; or organic mulch thicker than 1-inch depth. \nNOTE: If you would like trees for planting on private property\,\n• Choose the native trees and understory plants you want by filling out and handing in (with payment) our order form. \nAlternatively\, you can also visit https://tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org/trees-for-tucson/ or call (520) 791-3109. Native and fruit trees are available (ideally you set up a greywater-harvesting system for these fruit trees first\, as they will require more water than native trees as well as regular watering in the hot and dry seasons). Note that the City of Tucson has a greywater-harvesting rebate covering up to half the cost of a greywater system with a rebate cap of $1\,000. \n\n\n\nDunbar Spring (and West University) Neighborhood\nRain Planting and Curb Coring Service flyer 2023 \nLittle John Excavating digging high-volume basin. Dump truck will haul away excavated soil. Photo: Brad Lancaster\n  \n\n  \n\nBeautiful rock work\, by Dryland Design\, stabilizing basin banks and planting terraces. Local surface rock – Catalina granite – is used. Photo: Brad Lancaster\n\n\n\nContractor drilling 4-inch diameter core hole through street curb so street runoff will enter and fill the basin.Reproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition” by Brad Lancaster\nCurb core complete.Reproduced with permission from Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition by Brad Lancaster\nComplete street-side rain garden harvesting street runoff for free irrigation. This is less than one year after installation. Photo: Brad Lancaster\n  \n 
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/27th-annual-dunbar-spring-4th-annual-west-university-neighborhood-rain-tree-native-food-forest-planting-tucson-az/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221030T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221030T150000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20220918T142054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T180200Z
UID:686-1667120400-1667142000@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Cyclovia in Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood
DESCRIPTION:Cyclovia will be in the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood October 30! \nWant to help staff a table to share info on our Neighborhood Foresters efforts\, or something else?\nOr pass out maps of the many cool transformations in our neighborhood\, that could inspire other neighborhoods?\nWe are currently working with Bill Mackey of Worker\, Inc. to try to create a map our neigborhood’s green infrastructure in time for the event. \nLet Brad know at NeighborhoodForesters.org\, if you are interested in initiating or helping a Neighborhood Foresters activity at Cyclovia\, and we’ll plan our actions based on interest and ideas.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/cyclovia-in-dunbar-spring-neighborhood/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221015T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221015T093000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20221010T130235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T130851Z
UID:696-1665820800-1665826200@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Stewarding work party for the water-harvesting traffic calming and public pathways at 11th Ave and 1st Street
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe’ll enhance the water-harvesting within the traffic circle and plant backyard nursery-grown native understory plants and native wildflower and restoration seed mixes. \nIts a great opportunity to improve your plant identification skills\, as we’ll make clear what plants are desired (and why)\, and which are invasive weeds. \nDepending on how much we get done\, we may even be able to prep and plant more stormwater-irrigated street trees. \nBring tools\, such as shovel\, rake\, pruning shears\, if you have them; though we’ll have extra for those without. \n\nWant a similar work party on your block?\nContact Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com and we’ll help you organize it\, promote it\, supervise it\, and bring in other volunteers. \nThe idea is to get to know your neighbors\, and then we help each other out while making things better for everyone. \nBig thanks to Maxie Adler and Javier Zamora who are the residents and stewards on this block who spearheaded this work party & agreed to water the new plantings to get them established after planting \nHope to see you there! \n\nLet’s spruce up our neighborhood for Cyclovia on Oct. 30th! \nTo support such Neighborhood Foresters efforts you can donate here \n\n 
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/696/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221009T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221009T083000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20221009T011317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221009T011317Z
UID:691-1665297000-1665304200@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Stewarding work party of traffic circle and chicanes at 11th Ave and University Blvd
DESCRIPTION: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.\n \nWe’ll weed\, prune\, clean up litter\, and plant native wildflower and restoration seed mixes. \nIts a great opportunity to improve your plant identification skills\, as we’ll make clear what plants are desired (and why)\, and which are invasive weeds. \nWork shouldn’t take more than an hour\, then we’ll head to another location in the neighborhood. \n\nWant a similar work party on your block?\nContact Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com and we’ll help you organize it and bring in other volunteers. \nThe idea is to get to know your neighbors\, and then we help each other out while making things better for everyone. \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/stewarding-work-party-of-traffic-circle-and-chicanes-at-11th-ave-and-university-blvd/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221008T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221008T090000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20221010T122137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T122348Z
UID:693-1665210600-1665219600@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Planting rain\, trees\, & wildflower seed; and stewarding green infrastructure & public paths near 10th Ave and 4th Street
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe’ll weed\, clean up litter\, prune\, mulch; and plant trees\, understory plants\, and native wildflower and restoration seed mixes. \nIts a great opportunity to improve your plant identification skills\, as we’ll make clear what plants are desired (and why)\, and which are invasive weeds. \n\nWant a similar work party on your block?\nContact Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com and we’ll help you organize it and bring in other volunteers. \nThe idea is to get to know your neighbors\, and then we help each other out while making things better for everyone. \nBig thanks to Michael Collins and Sky Jacobs who are the residents and stewards on this block who spearheaded this work party & agreed to water the tree seedlings to get them established after planting \nHope to see you there! \n\n  \nTo support such efforts you can donate here
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/planting-rain-trees-and-stewarding-green-infrastructure-public-paths-near-10th-ave-and-4th-street/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221002T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221002T090000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20221002T005435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T123129Z
UID:690-1664697600-1664701200@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Traffic circle clean up\, weed removal\, agave planting\, and native wildflower and restoration seed mix planting
DESCRIPTION:Come join us this Sunday\, October 2nd 8am to clean up the traffic circle\, chicane\, and public right-of-way at 9th Ave and 1st Street. \nWe’ll weed\, clean up litter\, and plant agave pups and native wildflower and restoration seed mixes. \nIts a great opportunity to improve your plant identification skills\, as we’ll make clear what plants are desired (and why)\, and which are invasive weeds. \nWork shouldn’t take more than an hour. \n\nWant a similar work party on your block?\nContact Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com and we’ll help you organize it and bring in other volunteers. \nThe idea is to get to know your neighbors\, and then we help each other out while making things better for everyone. \nBig thanks to Glenn Lidekke and Christy Voelkel who are the residents and stewards on this block who spearheaded this work party & agreed to water the tree seedlings to get them established after planting \nHope to see you there! \n  \nTo support such efforts you can donate here
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/traffic-circle-clean-up-weed-removal-agave-planting-and-native-wildflower-and-restoration-seed-mix-planting/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221002
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20220916T011424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220925T001209Z
UID:677-1664582400-1664668799@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood baby saguaro sale & planting
DESCRIPTION:Baby saguaros grown from seed (NOT removed from the wild)\, ranging from 4 to 8 inches in height are available for $20 each. \nThey have been growing out in the open (in their nursery pots)\, and can be planted in the ground out in the open\, though they’d prefer a little shade from the hot afternoon sun. Now is the ideal time to plant\, as the sun is getting lower in the sky again as we approach the fall equinox (Sept 21)\, they will be well acclimatized when the sun gets higher again after the spring equinox (March 21). \nWe also have one organ-pipe cactus (10 inches tall) available\, though (unlike saguaros) it is frost sensitive so it must be planted in a warm microclimate receiving lots of winter sun\, and you may need to protect it on cold nights by putting a plastic cup over its growing tip\, then removing it in the morning. \nHere are some saguaro babies planted earlier this year and cared for by various neighbors  \nGlenn and the baby he helps steward. Photo: Brad Lancaster\, 2-2022\n  \nSusannah and the baby she help steward. Photo: Brad Lancaster\, 2-2022\nThey’ll need to be watered once a week the first month\, and then some after that to get them established. \nThese young cacti may be small\, but they grow faster than you think.\nThey can grow up to 6 inches per year if they get a little more moisture (I’ve witnessed this when they are planted next to\, but not within\, a rainwater-harvesting basin. \nBaby saguaros we planted years ago in the neighborhood are now taller than us. \nLet’s bring the saguaro forest back into our neighborhoods by planting now!\nThe saguaros have beautiful flowers that support many native pollinators\, then delicious fruit for us\, wildlife\, and livestock. Plus\, they make great nesting sites for many birds\, including elf owls\, that take up residence in nesting holes wood peckers create in the saguaro. \nLet’s make hooting owls a regular occurrence at night in our neighborhood! \nSaguaro fruitPhoto: Brad Lancaster\nContact Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com with your name\, phone\, email\, address\, and neighborhood if you are interested.\nOnly a limited supply available.\nAnd you must commit to caring for the saguaro for years to come – its super easy\, and they’ll do so much better with you looking out for them.\nBrad will deliver the saguaro\, help you find a good planting spot\, and help you plant. \nGet your orders in by Saturday\, October 1. \nAlso\, let Brad know if you’d like to tag along and/or help plant at NeighborhoodForesters.org. \nPriority will be given to those planting & caring for the baby saguaros in the public right-of-way (that way everyone can enjoy them); then front yards where the saguaros can be seen by passers by. \nPriority will also be give to locations in the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood (we are trying to encourage each neighborhood to organize its own sale and planting). \nBut if we have enough\, second priority will be for the following neighboring neighborhoods of:\nBarrio Anita\, Barrio Blue Moon\, and West University \nThanks to Bach’s Cactus Nursery for growing these cactus!\nKeep them in mind when you want to gift someone a baby saguaro to act and grow as living totem marking a big life event such as a birth\, wedding\, graduation\, job\, etc. \nCheck out our yard tree sale & planting too \n  \nFor great info on planting the rain\, greywater\, stormwater\, and more to water your plants for free\nSee HarvestingRainwater.com and the full-color editions of the books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/dunbar-spring-neighborhood-baby-saguaro-sale-planting/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220922
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20220915T235812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220918T140415Z
UID:675-1663718400-1663804799@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Dunbar/Spring & surrounding neighborhoods' native yard tree sale & planting
DESCRIPTION:Native yard tree sale & help planting the trees for the following neighborhoods:\nDunbar/Spring\nBarrio Anita\nBarrio Blue Moon\nWest University\n \nOrder forms and payment must be received\nby midnight Wednesday\, September 21st \n  \nOrder form available for download here \nGrow shade\, food\, wildlife habitat\, and beauty around your home with 5-gallon-sized native trees available for $35 each\,\nwhich will be delivered to your home by October 2\, 2021. \nWe only offer low-water-use Tucson Basin native trees through this program as they are the best adapted to our local climate\, soils\, and wildlife. While many non-native trees died in the neighborhood in the record drought of 2020\, the natives survived! And we need to shade up and cool off the bare spots in our neighborhood to help passively cool us as temperatures rise. \nTucson is the third-fastest warming city in the U.S. \nAdvice on tree choice and best planting locations available.\nOnce shade trees grow to maturity\, if planted on the east or west side of your home they can help reduce summer temperatures by over 20˚ F! Grow your air conditioners! \nAnd by directing roof runoff and/or household greywater to the basins around the tree\, you can irrigate the trees for free. \nVolunteers will be available to help plant tree(s) within a water-harvesting basin for those in need. Availability of planters will depend on demand and number of planters who volunteer. \nWant to volunteer to help plant?\nEmail Brad at NeighborhoodForesters.org to let him know.\nWe’ll likely plant the weekend of Sept 24th. \nDirect questions to Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com \n  \nCheck out our baby saguaro sale & planting too \nFor great info on planting the rain to water your tree(s) for free\nSee HarvestingRainwater.com and the full-color editions of the books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\n \n 
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/dunbar-spring-surrounding-neighborhoods-yard-tree-sale-planting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220917T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220917T110000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20220907T190222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220908T224010Z
UID:645-1663401600-1663412400@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Pruning 1.0: Hands-on pruning\, tree care\, & mulching workshop
DESCRIPTION:Starts at 8am\nStay as long as you can or want.\nWe plan to be wrapped up with the supervised pruning in the neighborhood by 11am \nCost: $5 \nWhere: the Drutopia plant nursery at the Dunbar (Dunbar Garden space) (NW corner of 11th Ave and University Blvd). Tucson\, Arizona \nOpen to all. Learn how you can organize similar Neighborhood Forester efforts in your neighborhood. \nAfter demonstration we will move to adjoining parts of the neighborhood to get supervised hands-on experience as we help prune native food-bearing trees and shrubs in our neighborhood’s public rights-of-way. \nThis is an incredible learning opportunity as every six months we revisit and rework areas pruned so we see the effect of our good work and mistakes\, thereby enabling us to improve and evolve with the expert guidance from certified arborist Aleck MacKinnon. \nProfessionals can get continued education credits for the workshop from Aleck. \nNote:  this workshop will prepare you for the next in the series: Pruning 2.0: Hands-on overhead tree pruning workshop & overhead utility line safety  (likely be scheduled in early new year) \nCertified arborist\, and owner of the Pedaling Arborist\, Aleck McKinnon teaching a pruning & mulching workshop. After the demonstration portion of the workshop\, Aleck and other instructors guide the students as they practice what they are learning by pruning and mulching a section of the neighborhood’s forest in need of such work.\nInstructors: certified arborist Aleck MacKinnon of the Pedaling Arborist\, assisted by Brad Lancaster of the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters. \nBring pruning tools if you have them. We’ll provide for those that don’t. \nAlso bring water and snacks\, and dress (sun hat\, gloves\, etc.) to be working outdoors in the sun. \n  \nPlease prune to maintain access to our neighborhood forests and their public paths\nAll public rights-of-ways adjoining properties must maintain a continuous clear walkway area a minimum 5 feet wide and 7 feet tall to make our neighborhood walkways and forests accessible for all. \nPublic pathway before and after pruning\nSee our Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Walkability Study here. \nMulch to recycle your prunings & their fertility\nCutting up prunings to 6-inch or shorter pieces to use as a soil-sheltering\, water-conserving\, fertility-building mulch within a water-harvesting basin. Larger lengths do NOT break down as quickly and can create a fire hazard.Reproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition” by Brad Lancaster\nAfter mulching and water harvesting. Sponge-like\, fertile soil.Reproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition” by Brad Lancaster\nOrganized by the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters  \nand co-sponsored by The Dunbar Pavilion
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/pruning-1-0-hands-on-pruning-tree-care-mulching-workshop-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220914T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221024T083000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20221010T190307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T201329Z
UID:699-1663137000-1666600200@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Plantings of rain and tree seedlings where neighbors step up to be the stewards
DESCRIPTION:There are many forgotten spots\, untended spots\, uncared for spots throughout our neighborhood. \nMany are hot\, exposed\, solar oven-like areas\, devoid of trees and other vegetation. \nAnd some have easy access to free stormwater runoff\, which could be redirected to provide these spots with free irrigation water to grow living air conditioners of native edible shade trees. \nLet’s plant living shelter\, living gene banks\, living plant nurseries from which more life\, food\, joy\, and regenerative potential can spread. \nAnd for those spots that don’t have enough room for a full-size tree\, there may be ample room for a bush tree or food-producing cacti. \nIf you are interested in: \n• Seeing such a spot(s) near you get planted and enlivened\, and you are up for watering the plantings to get them established\, \n• And/or helping plant such spots\, \nthen contact Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com to let him know. \nWe’ll be planting rain and seedlings in such spots in early mornings throughout the second half of September and the first half or so of October. \nSome of the plantings may even be guerrilla plantings.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/plantings-of-rain-and-tree-seedlings-where-neighbors-step-up-to-be-the-stewards/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220326T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220326T110000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20220317T050230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T050955Z
UID:595-1648285200-1648292400@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:3rd Annual West University Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 26\, 9am. FREE \n\nThis 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. \nDate: Saturday\, March 26\, 2022.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. Got to plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nTime: 9:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. The demonstration will show you how to plant the rain to maximize its potential\, how to plant food-bearing native trees by seed and/or with nursery stock to maximize passive summer shading/cooling\, and how to recycle/plant prunings and leaves as fertility-building\, carbon-sequestering\, pollutant-filtering\, water-harvesting mulch.\nEnd time of noon is approximate. \nMeeting spot: 903 N. 5th Avenue \nCome join us in planting native shade trees and understory vegetation within or beside water-harvesting earthworks in the public rights-of-way. The idea is to plant native food-producing\, flood-controlling\, wildlife-habitat-producing\, beautiful\, air- and water-filtering\, living air conditioners. Street trees that shade up to 75% of the street’s surface can also cool summer neighborhood temperatures by up to 20ºF. This enhances the walkability and bikeability of our neighborhoods\, which improves health and drops crime. When we harvest street runoff to irrigate the street trees\, we also reduce water consumption as we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event in the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood has resulted in over 1\,600 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, thousands of understory plants\, and contributed to annually harvesting over one million gallons of stormwater that used to go to the stormdrain—let’s keep going! \n  \nWhat to bring: Work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, and water as we’ll be working outdoors. A pointed shovel\, pruning tools\, and/or hard rake would also be great (and we’ll have some extra tools on hand for those lacking them). \n  \n\nBonus: We’ll also help you identify desired native wildflowers to encourage – and pesky invasive weeds to pull – so next year we have more wildflowers and fewer weeds. \n  \nFor info and photos from past plantings see here \n  \nFor more info on our Annual Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting see here \n  \nFor info on the Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Planting on March 20th see here \n 
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/3rd-annual-west-university-neighborhood-rain-tree-food-forest-planting-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220320T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220320T120000
DTSTAMP:20260625T131424
CREATED:20220317T045039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T050747Z
UID:594-1647766800-1647777600@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:26th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, March 20th\, 9am. FREE \n \n\nThis 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. \nDate: Sunday\, March 20\, 2022.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. Got to plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nTime: 9:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. The demonstration will show you how to plant the rain to maximize its potential\, how to plant food-bearing native trees by seed and/or with nursery stock to maximize passive summer shading/cooling\, and how to recycle/plant prunings and leaves as fertility-building\, carbon-sequestering\, pollutant-filtering\, water-harvesting mulch.\nEnd time of noon is approximate. \nMeeting spot: 1010 N. 11th Ave\, Tucson AZ 85705\nOnce we finish planting there\, we’ll move to other locations in the neighborhood:\n232 W. University Blvd\n743 N. 10th Ave\n117 W. 4th Street \nCome join us in planting native shade trees and understory vegetation within or beside water-harvesting earthworks in the public rights-of-way. The idea is to plant native food-producing\, flood-controlling\, wildlife-habitat-producing\, beautiful\, air- and water-filtering\, living air conditioners. Street trees that shade up to 75% of the street’s surface can also cool summer neighborhood temperatures by up to 20ºF. This enhances the walkability and bikeability of our neighborhoods\, which improves health and drops crime. When we harvest street runoff to irrigate the street trees\, we also reduce water consumption as we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,600 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, thousands of understory plants\, and contributed to annually harvesting over one million gallons of stormwater that used to go to the stormdrain—let’s keep going! \n  \nWhat to bring: Work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, and water as we’ll be working outdoors. A pointed shovel\, pruning tools\, and/or hard rake would also be great (and we’ll have some extra tools on hand for those lacking them). \n  \n\nBonus: We’ll also help you identify desired native wildflowers to encourage – and pesky invasive weeds to pull – so next year we have more wildflowers and fewer weeds. \n  \nFor info and photos from past plantings see here \n  \nFor more info on our Annual Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting see here \n  \nFor more on the West University Neighborhood Planting we’ll do on March 26 see here \nAnd after the planting you can purchase the new\, full-color\, revised editions of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond at deep discount direct from the author Brad Lancaster
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/26th-annual-dunbar-spring-neighborhood-rain-tree-food-forest-planting-tucson-az/
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