Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood ForestersDunbar/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 […]
Native yard tree sale & help planting the trees for the following neighborhoods: Dunbar/Spring Barrio Anita Barrio Blue Moon West University Order forms and payment must be received by midnight Wednesday, September 21st Order form available for download here Grow shade, food, wildlife habitat, and beauty around your home with 5-gallon-sized native trees available […]
Baby saguaros grown from seed (NOT removed from the wild), ranging from 4 to 8 inches in height are available for $20 each. They 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 […]
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. We'll weed, clean up litter, and plant agave pups and native wildflower and restoration seed mixes. Its a great opportunity to improve your plant identification skills, as we'll make clear what […]