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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:20260629T161816
CREATED:20230415T011413Z
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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:20260629T161816
CREATED:20230405T221436Z
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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:20260629T161816
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230319T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230319T093000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230218T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230218T113000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230211T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20230211T130000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221230
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221231
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221030T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221030T150000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221015T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221015T093000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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:20260629T161816
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:20260629T161816
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:20260629T161816
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:20260629T161816
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:20260629T161816
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220917T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220917T110000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220914T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20221024T083000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220326T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220326T110000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220320T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220320T120000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220212T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220212T120000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
CREATED:20220120T211620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T211620Z
UID:557-1644656400-1644667200@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Pruning 1.0: Hands-on pruning\, tree care\, & mulching workshop
DESCRIPTION:Starts at 9am\nStay as long as you can or want.\nWe plan to be wrapped up with the supervised pruning in the neighborhood by noon \n\n\nCost: $5 \nWhere: the Drutopia 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 various 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. \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 & Omar Ore-Giron 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. \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 path with obstacles pre-pruning\nPublic path cleared post-pruning\nSee our Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Walkability Study here.\n  \nRecycle your prunings & their fertility \n\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.\nReproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition” by Brad Lancaster\n\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 \n \nSign up to receive announcements of other Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Foresters events here
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/pruning-1-0-hands-on-pruning-tree-care-mulching-workshop/
LOCATION:Drutopia at the Dunbar\, NW corner of 11th Ave and University Blvd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85705\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220122T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220122T160000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
CREATED:20220120T213549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T222819Z
UID:559-1642860000-1642867200@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Pruning 2.0:  Hands-on overhead tree pruning workshop & overhead utility line safety
DESCRIPTION:Starts at 2pm\nDone by 4pm \n\n\nCost: $5 \nWhere: 117 W. 4th Street\, Tucson\, Arizona 85705\nWe may move to another nearby spot in the neighborhood for the second hour \nOpen to all. Learn how you can organize similar Neighborhood Forester efforts in your neighborhood. \n\n\nThis workshop 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. \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  \nBrush & 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 24\, 2022\nJuly 25\, 2022 \nFor brush & bulky pick up dates in other Tucson neighborhoods see here
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/pruning-2-0-overhead-tree-pruning-hands-on-workshop-overhead-utility-line-safety/
LOCATION:117 W. 4th Street\, 117 W. 4th Street\, Tucson\, 85705\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211230
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UID:511-1640822400-1640908799@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:26th Annual Dunbar/Spring (& 3rd Annual West University) Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Native Food Forest Planting – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:Deadline for placing an order:\n\n\nThursday\, December 30\, 2021\n \nImplementation is planned for this winter\, exact dates in early 2022 will be announced once we have the permits. \nSince 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 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 and 2021 we even expanded into the adjoining neighborhood of West University – we plan to do the same in 2022. \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• 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 $500 – $600 per basin. Actual average cost is $1\,000 – $1\,200 per basin with curb coring\, but the rebate covers half the cost up to $500. \nThis is an amazing deal! 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. \n  \nPLANT ORDER AND DELIVERY:\nNative trees (5-gallon size) cost $30 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. \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 2022 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nExcavating by Little John\, and hauling away excavated soil to create street-side basin.\nPhoto: Brad Lancaster \n\n  \n\n\nBasin excavated. Checking depth of basin and planting terraces with laser level.\nPhoto: Brad Lancaster \n\n  \n\n\n\n \nBeautiful rock work\, by Dryland Design\, stabilizing basin banks and planting terraces. Local surface rock – Catalina granite – is used.\nPhoto: Brad Lancaster \n\n\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\n\n\nCurb core complete.\nReproduced with permission from Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition by Brad Lancaster\n\nRain and plants planted winter 2-2019.\nPhoto: Brad Lancaster \n\n  \n\n\nFlourishing plants 6 months after planting 8-2019.\nPhoto reproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition” by Brad Lancaster
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/26th-annual-dunbar-spring-neighborhood-rain-tree-native-food-forest-planting-tucson-az/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210925T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210925T120000
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SUMMARY:Hands-on tree care\, pruning & mulching workshop Saturday\, September 25\, 2021
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 noon \n\n\nCost: $5 suggested donation\, though no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. \nWhere: the 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 various 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. \nWe’ll also cover how to prune to keep trees below power lines out of conflict with the utility lines. \nProfessionals can get continued education credits for the workshop from Aleck. \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. \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 path with obstacles pre-pruning\nPublic path cleared post-pruning\nSee our Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Walkability Study here.\n  \nRecycle your prunings & their fertility \n\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.\nReproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition” by Brad Lancaster\n\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 \n \nSign up to receive announcements of other Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Foresters events here
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/hands-on-tree-care-pruning-mulching-workshop-saturday-september-25-2021/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210924T233000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210924T233000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
CREATED:20210920T235937Z
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UID:500-1632526200-1632526200@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Yard Tree Sale & Planting
DESCRIPTION:Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters\nNative Yard Tree Sale\n& and help planting the tree(s)\n \nOrder forms and payment must be received\nby midnight Friday\, September 24th\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 $30 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 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. \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. \nDirect questions to Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com \n\nPlanting will occur Saturday\, October 2\, 2021\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.\n \n  \nFlyer for Yard Trees Program\n& Hands-On Pruning Workshop \n  \n 
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/dunbar-spring-neighborhood-yard-tree-sale-planting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210815T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210815T180000
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UID:492-1629046800-1629050400@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Quick plant identification and weeding work party then brief hands-on workshop on how to transplant volunteer seedlings into your rain gardens
DESCRIPTION: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. \nMeet at 116 W. University Blvd. \nWe’ll do some quick plant identification\, identifying what plants are good\, and what plants are bad. Then we’ll hand pull the bad (small area-just working in front of 116 W. University Blvd). \nThe idea is to get rid of weeds and weed seed in the upper part of our neighborhood’s water-harvesting\, traffic-calming rain gardens along University Blvd\, so desired multi-use native plants can thrive and all will look beautiful. \nThen I’ll show you how to identify and transplant beneficial native volunteer seedlings likely growing in your yard and public right-of-way; so you can get them out of places where they will likely be trampled and killed\, and relocate them where they will thrive. \nHere’s a video on the transplanting process:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVQXQveKv-w&t=4s \nFor the transplanting\, bring a small garden trowel/hand shovel or two if you have one (write your name on it with a permanent marker so no one mistakes yours for theirs). \nArizona Public Media will likely be on hand to film the work party\, as they are working on a story about the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters and water harvesting.
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/quick-plant-identification-and-weeding-work-party-then-brief-hands-on-workshop-on-how-to-transplant-volunteer-seedlings-into-your-rain-gardens/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210429T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210429T183000
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UID:430-1619717400-1619721000@dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org
SUMMARY:Sale of edible cholla\, prickly pear\, and agave plants for Neighborhood Forest plantings (and hang out)
DESCRIPTION:Plant Sale and Neighborhood Foresters hang out Thursday\, April 29\, 5:30pm\nCome to 813 N. 9th Avenue Thursday April 29\, 5:30pm.\nI’ll be outside\, masked (though I’ve been double vaccinated)\, with the plants available for sale below. \nPlease come masked so all will be comfortable and safe. \nWe can also talk about other aspects of Neighborhood Foresters\, how you can get involved\, and reconnect. \nI’ll have a few beverages on hand\, or feel free to bring more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStaghorn cholla\nCholla flower buds are a delicious native food you can grow at home or in the public right-of-way (as long as you keep public walkways clear and accessible). They also make incredible wildlife habitat. See here for the many benefits of cholla. \nWe have 1-gallon-sized specimens available at $10 each.\nFlower colors available include: pink\, red\, yellow\, purple\, orange\, lavender\, or yellow-pink. Each individual plant has its own flower color\, and has been labeled with what flower color it has. For photos of some of these flowers scroll to bottom of this link. \n\nEngelmann’s prickly pear\nIn addition we have a native cultivar of engelman’s prickly pear that was selected for particularly delicious fruits. These are also 1-gallon specimens available for $10 each. \n\nThe prickly pear fruit harvest bounty. Photo: Brad Lancaster\nMore info on prickly pear:\nOPUNTIA SPP. –  PRICKLY PEAR (Cactaceae – Cactus Family) subgroup Platyopuntia::\nSpanish name:  nopal\nO’odham name:  naw\nYeome name:  naavo \nPlants have flattened stems or “pads”.  Wildlife – bees love the flowers in spring;  white-winged dove\, cactus wren\, curve-billed thrasher\, coyote\, rabbits\, ground squirrel\, k-rat\, javalina\, and desert tortoise all go for the fruits and/or the seeds;  cochineal scale insects feed on pads.  Edible – ripe fruits eaten raw or cooked are a good source of vitamins A and C (Niethammer\, 1987) and calcium (Niethammer\, 1974); used in pasteries\, juice\, jams\, syrup\, beverages\, and candied (Niethammer\, 1987)\, (TOG);  an easy way to process the fruits for syrup or juice is to freeze them after harvesting\, then later thaw them out in a colindar lined with an old pillow case.  As the fruits thaw they will collapse and you can easy mash and/or squeeze the juice through the pillow case and into a bucket below – that’s it!   The thorns\, seeds\, and most of the pulp will remain in the pillow case.  Empty the pulp and thorns out of the pillow case into your compost pile\, and if you like save the seed to grind into flour.;  seeds can be used in a wild flour mixture (Nyerges\, 1998);  young pads are cooked and eaten (Niethammer\, 1987)\, (Bigfoot) – great for diabetics (Moore\, 1989)\, (Dahl\, 1995)\, (Nabhan\, 1991).  On a long desert hike I ate about half a dozen raw flower buds close to blooming and four young pads dethorned\, and found them all filling and satisfying.  Fruit harvest begins in July (Dahl\, 1995).  I’ve found the flower petals of many varieties to be edible and faintly sweet in flavor.  Medicinal (Bigfoot)\, (Curtin\, 1997)\, (Kay\, 1996)\, (Cheatham\, 1998)\, (Niethammer\, 1974).  Other uses – fruit used to make various colors of dye (Rieske)\, (Cheatham\, 1998);  white and fuzzy cochineal insect scales\, Dactylopius coccus \, feeding on the pads can be used for a high quality red dye (Las Aranas\, 1995)\, (Ebeling\, 1986);  pads are a source of black pigment for painting ceramics (Swink\, 1998);  slimy juice from cut up cactus pads is sometimes added to whitewash (Cheatham\, 1998);  grilled pads dropped into muddy water reportedly clairfy the water (Cheatham\, 1998)\, (Bigfoot);  makes a great living fence;  cattle will can eat the cactus if the thorns have been singed off (Niethammer\, 1974).  The prickly pear pads are also used to semi-stabalize (make more water resistant) adobe bricks and earth plasters (the thornless Opuntia ficus indica is the easiest to use\, but thornier native species could be used).  Cut the pads up\, immerse them in water\, and cover (as they ferment and decompose it will STINK)\, leaving 1 to 2 weeks.  Once the water becomes slimy it is ready.  Use this as your water source when you mix the adobe you wish to be semi-stabalized.  This “cactus water” can also be diluted with 3 – 4 parts water when mixing lime plasters.  If you’re working with old bags of lime the cactus juice can help restore the lime to fresher characteristics (easier to work and holds up better).  Caution – Herbalist Peter Bigfoot has found eating pads from prickly pear with red-orange thorns made him ill\, he has found prickly pears with all white thorns don’t seem to have this effect (Bigfoot).  I also personally know and read of some other people getting ill with “chills” if they ate too many fruits at one time.  Guild associates – foothills palo verde\, cat claw acacia\, mormon tea\, fairy duster\, hopbush\, sotol.  Evergreen.  low-water-use.\nOPUNTIA ENGELMANNII – ENGELMANN PRICKLY PEAR:  Blooms (yellow) April – June.  Fruit is red to reddish-purple when ripe.  1\,000 – 6\,500′.  Blue-green pads can be up to 12″ long.  Can grow to 5′ tall.  Found on plains\, hillsides\, mesas\, arroyos\, and washes.  Wildlife – solitary bees (Anthophoridae\, Halictidae\, Megachilidae) and sap bettles (Nitidulidae) visit the flowers (Turner\, et al 1995);  coyote\, javalina\, black bear\, and desert tortoise go for the fruit and disperse the seed;  javalina also eat pads with fewer thorns.  Edible – once the thorns are removed the sweet fruit can be eaten raw (Rea\, 1997 ).  Other uses – thorns used for tattooing (Rea\, 1997 );  fruit used for dye (Las Aranas\, 1995). \nAgave murpheyi\nAnd we have agave murpheyi a native cultivar that can reproduce by pups that grow at the base of the mother plant. These are 1-gallon-sized available for $10 each. \n\n  \nMore info on agave murpheyi:\nAGAVE SPP. – AGAVE (Amaryllidaceae – Amaryllis Family):\nSpanish name(s):  agave\, lechuguilla\, mescal\, maguey\nO’odham name:  a’ud\nYoeme name:  kuu’u \nA deserti\, A. Palmeri  (larger species)\, A. chrysantha\, A. Murpheyi  like the Tucson climate.  Wildlife – flowers attract hummingbirds\, pollinating bats\, and insects (including honeybees\, bumblebees\, butterflies\, carpenter bees\, paper wasps\, and tarantula hawks – insects attract birds such as Hooded Orioles and bats which also love the flowers’ nectar;  flower stalks attact carpenter bees;  the larvae of giant skippers (of the family Megathymidae and resembling moths) sometimes infest the plant – but they are not a pest\, but a food source – they can be roasted and eaten (Ebeling\, 1986);  leaves are browsed by bighorn sheep.  Edible – heart of plant and emerging flower stalk are roasted for a starchy food – I find the flavor to resemble sweet and fiberous yams\, while fermented beverages (pulque\, tequila) are distilled from the sap (Facciola\, 1998)\, (Niethammer\, 1974).  A 1/4 cup serving of prepared agave provides thirty calories and more calcium than a half a glass of milk (Niethammer\, 1974).  A sweetish liquid was collected from flowers after a rain and drunk (Niethammer\, 1974).  The flowers were collected and boiled (Niethammer\, 1974).  Young flower stalk can also be eaten raw (Bigfoot).  Food harvest Nov. – Feb. (Dahl\, 1995);  flour can be made from seeds boiled and ground or fruits boiled and mashed (Nyerges\, 1998);  a syrup can be made from baked or well-soaked leaves mashed and simmered in water…with fibers later removed the juice is boiled down (Niethammer\, 1974);  baked agave pulp mixed with ground seeds and nuts makes for a nice agave nutbutter (Niethammer\, 1974); .good food for diabetics (Nabhan\, 1991);  the larvae of giant skippers (of the family Megathymidae and resembling moths) which sometimes infest the plant can be roasted and eaten (Ebeling\, 1986).   Medicinal (Moore\, 1989 )\, (Kay\, 1996 )\, (Niethammer\, 1974).  Other uses – fresh grated root used for shampoo (Moore\, 1989 );  soap made from leaves (Dahl\, 1995);  fibers make rope\, sandals\, baskets\, etc (Jensen\, 1991)\, (Bigfoot);  flower stalk used to make arrow shafts\, fiddles\, a pole for picking saguaro fruit\, and fire kits (Abril\, 1998);  dried and hollowed flower stalks are used to make diggeri doos;  the agave heart once dry can be used for containers\, fuel for fires (Abril\, 1998)\, and masks;  leaves can be used for roofing\, fuel for fires\, face paint\, brushes\, pottery rests\, and paper (Abril\, 1998);  juice can be used for arrow tip poison and fish poison (Abril\, 1998);  seeds can be used as beads (Abril\, 1998);  a light brown paint can be made from the hardened agave juice covering pit stones after baking (Niethammer\, 1974);  agave juice was used as waterproofing (Niethammer\, 1974);  erosion control (Cheatham\, 1998).  Caution – raw agave is poisonous.  Do not try even one nibble of this plant in the uncooked state or your mouth may be badly burned (Niethammer\, 1974).  The agave juice or sap can irritate the skin\, and be particuarly bad if it gets into broken skin so wear protective clothing when working with the plants.  Roasting or soaking plant parts in water to induce rot can make materials safer to handle.  Guild associates – velvet mesquite\, cat claw acacia\, jojoba.  Evergreen.  low-water-use.\nA. MURPHEYI – MURPHY’S AGAVE:  Blooms March – April.  May be an ancient Indian cultivar grown for eating and mescal (Ebeling\, 1986).  Some reasons (extracted from Adams 1998) why this species may have been cultivated include:\n•  can grow to a mature plant with abundant carbohydrate reserves in as little as nine years.\n•  the acidic liquid in the leaf tissue is less caustic to human skin than other agaves.\n•  the heart or caudex is ready for havest mid-winter\, a potentially food stressed time of year\, as the plant prepares to send up its flowering stalk.  This is up to 3 months earlier than other agaves. \nWhere we ideally would like to prioritize plantings\nPriority will be given to those who will plant in public right-of-way areas (chicanes\, round-a-bouts\, along public walkways) of the neighborhood forest if they agree to maintain/steward the plantings. We can also provide guidance and help with that stewarding and such plantings. (Though it is great to also have these plantings in yards – best to have them on perimeter of yards by fences or walls where they add to\, rather than create new\, barriers). \nWe will also prioritize Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Forest plantings. Our hope is that every neighborhood will set up their own backyard nurseries – and we can provide information on how to do this. It is very easy to start such a nursery with such hardy species as those offered here. These very plants could become mother plants from which you take and propagate cuttings or pups year after year. \nAnd we’ll prioritize plants to those who have committed to attaining any level of neighborhood forester. \nWatering needs to get the plants established\nPlants will need to be watered regularly (once per week) from now till fall to ensure they get well established. Once established\, you should no longer need to water them. \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210425T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210425T110000
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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SUMMARY:2nd Annual West University Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 25\, 2021 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am\nFree \n\n\n\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: Sunday\, April 25\, 2021.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. We plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nTime: 8:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. We start early to beat the heat. 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 11am is approximate. \nMeeting spot:\n924 N. 6th Ave\, Tucson AZ 85705\nOnce we finish planting there\, we’ll move to the following locations in West University:\n950 N. 6th Ave\n612 E. 1st Street \nThe day before at 8am on Saturday\, April 24 we’ll do a planting in the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood – come join us! \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 (by reducing our use of drinking water from the municipal supply) and we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,600 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, hundreds 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: WEAR A MASK\, work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, snacks\, 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\n \nPlanting native wildflower seed around street-side water-harvesting basin.\nPhoto: Brad Lancaster \n\nAnd 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. \n  \n  \nInfo that follows just gives you more info on the program that created the basins we’ll be planting\, to inspire you to sign up for next year’s rain planting or to organize one in other neighborhoods… \n  \n\nWater-Harvesting-Basin-Creation Service:\nThis year we are working with licensed contractors (John Litzel of Little John Excavating and Jeff Rhody of Dryland Design) to:\n• Dig the basin(s) [average size is 5-8 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.\n• Drill core holes or curb cuts in the street curb to direct street runoff into the street-side basin for a lifetime of free stormwater irrigation and flood control\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 $500 per basin. Actual average cost is $1\,000 per basin with curb coring\, but the rebate covers half the cost up to $500. \nThis is an amazing deal! The average basin can capture over 4\,500 gallons 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 wood chip mulch. This new set up with contractors is more sustainable than our past program\, because in the past a few volunteers would have to work for an additional week to finish up what was not completed in the public planting/basin creation day. Additionally\, under the current program basins are larger with much higher capacity – resulting in far more free irrigation stormwater and much more flood control. \nYou can see an example of Dryland Design’s rockwork in the public right of way in front of 236 W. University Blvd. (along with the photos below). \nNative trees (5-gallon size) cost $28 each. Understory plants (1-gallon size) cost $12 each. Native wildflower seed is included in basin price.\nWe highly recommend you plant trees\, understory plants\, and native wildflower seed all 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. \nExpand or enhance existing water-harvesting basins\nThe basin creation service can also be used to enlarge or enhance existing (but perhaps undersized) basins. \nCreate a curb core to an existing street-side basin\nAverage cost per 4-inch diameter core hole drilled is $75. 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 JANUARY 1\, 2020.  \nEmail Brad at brad@harvestingrainwater.com  or Omar at nativeroots.az@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.\nYou can also EMAIL US TO GET ON THE LIST FOR NEXT YEAR \n• 2021 Tree & Understory Order Form is needed for trees that are to be planted in public right-of-way. The prices of these trees have been reduced/subsidized thanks to Trees for Tucson and neighborhood nurseryman Sky Jacobs.\n• Maintenance/Stewarding Agreement must be filled out\, signed\, and handed in 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. \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\, 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 Neighborhood Rain Planting and Curb Coring Service flyer 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nExcavating and hauling away excavated soil to create street-side basin. \n\n  \n\n\n \nBasin excavated. Checking depth of basin and planting terraces with laser level. \n\n  \n\n\n \nBeautiful rock work stabilizing basin banks and planting terraces. Local surface rock – Catalina granite – used. \n\n  \n\n\n \nDrilling 4-inch core hole to basin. \n\nCurb core complete.Reproduced with permission from Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition by Brad Lancaster\n  \n\n \nRain and plants planted winter 2-2019 \n\n  \n\n \nFlourishing plants 6 months after planting 8-2019. Southeast corner 10th Avenue and 1st Street \n 
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/2nd-annual-west-university-neighborhood-rain-tree-food-forest-planting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210424T080000
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SUMMARY:25th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 24\, 2021 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am\nFree \n\n\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. \n\n \nNeighborhood volunteers planting street-side water-harvesting basin.\nPhoto: Brad Lancaster \n\nDate: Saturday\, April 24\, 2021.\nThe stormwater eddy basins (each having over 4\,500-gallon annual capacity) were just completed – so now we can plant. We plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nTime: 8:00 am for a planting demonstration\, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. We start early to beat the heat. 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. End time of 11am is approximate. \nMeeting spot: 902 N. 10th Ave\, Tucson AZ 85705 (south of property\, on 2nd Street)\nOnce we finish planting there\, we’ll move to the following locations in Dunbar/Spring:\n836 N. 10th Ave\n123 W. 4th Street \nThen at 8am on Sunday\, April 25 we’ll do another planting in West University Neighborhood – come join us! \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 (by reducing our use of drinking water from the municipal supply) and we reduce downstream flooding. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,600 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, hundreds 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: WEAR A MASK\, work clothes\, sun hat\, gloves\, snacks\, 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\n \nPlanting native wildflower seed around street-side water-harvesting basin.\nPhoto: Brad Lancaster \n\nAnd 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. \n  \n  \nInfo that follows just gives you more info on the program that created the basins we’ll be planting\, to inspire you to sign up for next year’s rain planting or to organize one in other neighborhoods… \n  \n\nWater-Harvesting-Basin-Creation Service:\nThis year we are working with licensed contractors (John Litzel of Little John Excavating and Jeff Rhody of Dryland Design) to:\n• Dig the basin(s) [average size is 5-8 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.\n• Drill core holes or curb cuts in the street curb to direct street runoff into the street-side basin for a lifetime of free stormwater irrigation and flood control\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 $500 per basin. Actual average cost is $1\,000 per basin with curb coring\, but the rebate covers half the cost up to $500. \nThis is an amazing deal! The average basin can capture over 4\,500 gallons 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 wood chip mulch. This new set up with contractors is more sustainable than our past program\, because in the past a few volunteers would have to work for an additional week to finish up what was not completed in the public planting/basin creation day. Additionally\, under the current program basins are larger with much higher capacity – resulting in far more free irrigation stormwater and much more flood control. \nYou can see an example of Dryland Design’s rockwork in the public right of way in front of 236 W. University Blvd. (along with the photos below). \nNative trees (5-gallon size) cost $28 each. Understory plants (1-gallon size) cost $12 each. Native wildflower seed is included in basin price.\nWe highly recommend you plant trees\, understory plants\, and native wildflower seed all 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. \nExpand or enhance existing water-harvesting basins\nThe basin creation service can also be used to enlarge or enhance existing (but perhaps undersized) basins. \nCreate a curb core to an existing street-side basin\nAverage cost per 4-inch diameter core hole drilled is $75. 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 JANUARY 1\, 2020.  \nEmail Brad at brad@harvestingrainwater.com  or Omar at nativeroots.az@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.\nYou can also EMAIL US TO GET ON THE LIST FOR NEXT YEAR \n• 2021 Tree & Understory Order Form is needed for trees that are to be planted in public right-of-way. The prices of these trees have been reduced/subsidized thanks to Trees for Tucson and neighborhood nurseryman Sky Jacobs.\n• Maintenance/Stewarding Agreement must be filled out\, signed\, and handed in 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. \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\, 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 Neighborhood Rain Planting and Curb Coring Service flyer 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nExcavating and hauling away excavated soil to create street-side basin. \n\n  \n\n\n \nBasin excavated. Checking depth of basin and planting terraces with laser level. \n\n  \n\n\n \nBeautiful rock work stabilizing basin banks and planting terraces. Local surface rock – Catalina granite – used. \n\n  \n\n\n \nDrilling 4-inch core hole to basin. \n\nCurb core complete.Reproduced with permission from Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition by Brad Lancaster\n  \n\n \nRain and plants planted winter 2-2019 \n\n  \n\n \nFlourishing plants 6 months after planting 8-2019. Southeast corner 10th Avenue and 1st Street \n 
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210121
DTSTAMP:20260629T161816
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SUMMARY:25th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Native Food Forest Planting – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:Deadline for placing an order:\n\n\nWednesday\, January 20th\, 2021\n \nImplementation is planned for this winter\, exact dates will be announced once we have the permits. \nSince 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 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. In 2020 we even expanded into an adjoining neighborhood. These 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• 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 $500 – $600 per basin. Actual average cost is $1\,000 – $1\,200 per basin with curb coring\, but the rebate covers half the cost up to $500. \nThis is an amazing deal! The average basin can capture over 4\,500 gallons 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. \nNative trees (5-gallon size) cost $28 each. Understory plants (1-gallon size) cost $12 each. Native wildflower & restoration seed is $10.\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.\nYou are expected to participate in the planting along with other community volunteers – deepen your roots and get to know your plants and neighbors. \nEXISTING WATER-HARVESTING BASIN EXPANSION SERVICE:\nThe basin creation service can also be used to enlarge or enhance existing (but perhaps undersized) basins. \nWATER-HARVESTING CURB-CORING SERVICE:\nAverage cost per 4-inch diameter core hole drilled is $75. 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:\nWednesday\, January 20\, 2021.  \nTO SUBMIT YOUR ORDER:\n• Email Brad at NeighborhoodForesters@gmail.com  or Omar at nativeroots.az@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. \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\, 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 Neighborhood Rain Planting and Curb Coring Service flyer 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nExcavating and hauling away excavated soil to create street-side basin. \n\n  \n\n\nBasin excavated. Checking depth of basin and planting terraces with laser level. \n\n  \n\n\n\n \nBeautiful rock work stabilizing basin banks and planting terraces. Local surface rock – Catalina granite – used. \n\n\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\n\n\nCurb core complete.Reproduced with permission from Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition by Brad Lancaster\n\nRain and plants planted winter 2-2019 \n\n  \n\n\nFlourishing plants 6 months after planting 8-2019.\nPhoto reproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition” by Brad Lancaster
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/25th-annual-dunbar-spring-neighborhood-rain-tree-native-food-forest-planting-tucson-az/
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SUMMARY:24th Annual Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Rain\, Tree\, & Food Forest Planting – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:March 15 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm\nFree \n\n\n\n\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 15\, 2020.\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. End time of noon is approximate. \nMeeting spot: 948 N. 10th Ave\, Tucson AZ 85705\nOnce we finish planting there\, we’ll move to other locations in Dunbar/Spring and West University neighborhoods\n902 N. 10th Ave\n236 W. University Blvd\n2nd Street and Main Avenue\n1015 N. 5th Ave.\n9th Avenue and University Blvd. \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\,500 trees being planted in our neighborhood\, hundreds 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  \nAnd 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 \n  \n  \nInfo that follows just gives you more info on the program that created the basins we’ll be planting\, to inspire you to sign up for next year’s rain planting or to organize one in other neighborhoods… \n  \n\nWater-Harvesting-Basin-Creation Service:\nThis year we are working with licensed contractors (John Litzel of Little John Excavating and Jeff Rhody of Dryland Design) to:\n• Dig the basin(s) [average size is 5-8 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 will likely 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• 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 $450 – $500 per basin. Actual average cost is $900 to $1\,000 per basin with curb coring\, but the rebate covers half the cost up to $500. \nThis is an amazing deal! The average basin can capture over 4\,500 gallons 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 wood chip mulch. This new set up with contractors is more sustainable than our past program\, because in the past a few volunteers would have to work for an additional week to finish up what was not completed in the public planting/basin creation day. Additionally\, under the current program basins are larger with much higher capacity – resulting in far more free irrigation stormwater and much more flood control. \nYou can see an example of Dryland Design’s rockwork at the two basins recently created on the south side of the Dunbar/Spring Community Garden on University Blvd between 11th Ave and Main Ave.\, and the basin at the SE corner of 10th Ave and First Street (photos below). \nNative trees (5-gallon size) cost $25 each. Understory plants (1-gallon size) cost $10 each. Native wildflower seed is included in basin price.\nWe highly recommend you plant trees\, understory plants\, and native wildflower seed all 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. \nExpand or enhance existing water-harvesting basins\nThe basin creation service can also be used to enlarge or enhance existing (but perhaps undersized) basins. \nCreate a curb core to an existing street-side basin\nAverage cost per 4-inch diameter core hole drilled is $75. 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 JANUARY 1\, 2020.  \nEmail Brad at brad@harvestingrainwater.com  or Omar at nativeroots.az@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• 2020 Tree & Understory Order Form is needed for trees that are to be planted in public right-of-way. The prices of these trees have been reduced/subsidized thanks to Trees for Tucson and neighborhood nurseryman Sky Jacobs.\n• Tree-Curb-core-and-Basin-maintenance-agreement-v1.3.-2019 must be filled out\, signed\, and handed in 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. \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\, 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 Neighborhood Rain Planting and Curb Coring Service flyer 2020 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nExcavating and hauling away excavated soil to create street-side basin. \n\n  \n\n\n \nBasin excavated. Checking depth of basin and planting terraces with laser level. \n\n  \n\n\n \nBeautiful rock work stabilizing basin banks and planting terraces. Local surface rock – Catalina granite – used. \n\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\n\n\n  \n\n \nCore hole complete \n\n  \n\n \nRain and plants planted winter 2-2019 \n\n  \n\nFlourishing plants 6 months after planting 8-2019. Southeast corner 10th Avenue and 1st Photo reproduced with permission from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond\, Volume 2\, 2nd Edition” by Brad Lancaster\n\n\n 
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/24th-annual-dunbar-spring-neighborhood-rain-tree-food-forest-planting-tucson-az/
LOCATION:Tucson\, Arizona\, United States
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