Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters
Sunday, April 25, 2021 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am Free 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 […]
Plant Sale and Neighborhood Foresters hang out Thursday, April 29, 5:30pm Come to 813 N. 9th Avenue Thursday April 29, 5:30pm. I’ll be outside, masked (though I’ve been double vaccinated), with the plants available for sale below. Please come masked so all will be comfortable and safe. We can also talk about other aspects of […]
This Sunday at 5pm we'll have a brief weeding work party followed up by a quick hands-on workshop on how to transplant beneficial volunteer seedlings to your rain gardens. Whole thing should be less than an hour. Meet at 116 W. University Blvd. We'll do some quick plant identification, identifying what plants are good, and […]
Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters Native Yard Tree Sale & and help planting the tree(s) Order forms and payment must be received by midnight Friday, September 24th Order form available for download here Grow shade, food, wildlife habitat, and beauty around your home with 5-gallon-sized native trees available for $30 each, which will be delivered to your […]
Starts at 8am Stay as long as you can or want. We plan to be wrapped up with the supervised pruning in the neighborhood by noon Cost: $5 suggested donation, though no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Where: the Dunbar Garden space (NW corner of 11th Ave and University Blvd). […]
Deadline for placing an order: Thursday, December 30, 2021 Implementation is planned for this winter, exact dates in early 2022 will be announced once we have the permits. Since 1996 this program has coordinated neighborhood & community volunteers to plant over 1,600 trees in the public rights-of-ways of the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood, along with thousands of […]
Starts at 2pm Done by 4pm Cost: $5 Where: 117 W. 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85705 We may move to another nearby spot in the neighborhood for the second hour Open to all. Learn how you can organize similar Neighborhood Forester efforts in your neighborhood. This workshop focuses on pruning overhead with pole saws, pole […]
Starts at 9am Stay as long as you can or want. We plan to be wrapped up with the supervised pruning in the neighborhood by noon Cost: $5 Where: the Drutopia at the Dunbar (Dunbar Garden space) (NW corner of 11th Ave and University Blvd). Tucson, Arizona Open to all. Learn how you can organize […]
Sunday, March 20th, 9am. FREE This planting of rain, trees, understory, & wildflowers is occurring in the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood, but the planting event is open to anyone from any neighborhood, and is a great opportunity to see how such an event, or other Neighborhood Forester endeavors, could be organized elsewhere. Date: Sunday, March 20, 2022. […]
Saturday, March 26, 9am. FREE This planting of rain, trees, understory, & wildflowers is occurring in the West University neighborhood, but the planting event is open to anyone from any neighborhood, and is a great opportunity to see how such an event, or other Neighborhood Forester endeavors, could be organized elsewhere. Date: Saturday, March 26, […]
There are many forgotten spots, untended spots, uncared for spots throughout our neighborhood. Many are hot, exposed, solar oven-like areas, devoid of trees and other vegetation. And 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 […]
Starts at 8am Stay as long as you can or want. We plan to be wrapped up with the supervised pruning in the neighborhood by 11am Cost: $5 Where: the Drutopia plant nursery at the Dunbar (Dunbar Garden space) (NW corner of 11th Ave and University Blvd). Tucson, Arizona Open to all. Learn how you […]