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SUMMARY:7th annual community planting of new street-side\, water-harvesting basins PART 2 in the public rights-of-ways of the West University neighborhood – Tucson\, AZ
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: 6:30am – 10am\, Saturday\, April 11\, 2026 \nWHERE: 437 E. 1st Street\,\nWhen we finish planting the two basins at that site we’ll plant the last basin at 502 E. 2nd Street \n\n\nCome help us plant three new street-side\, water-harvesting\, eddy basins  — installations in the public commons\, planted and stewarded by the participating public.\nWe plant the rain before we plant the plants! \nThis planting of rain\, trees\, understory\, & wildflowers is occurring in the West University neighborhood (which is within the same watershed as the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood – so we are all part of the same larger and interconnected waterhood)\,\nbut 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. \nNOTE: there may be a film crew documenting the planting \n\n  \nWe’ll start with a brief planting demonstration led by Brad Lancaster then plant. 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 ten is approximate (with a good showing of folks we’ll likely finish up early as we did at the last planting). \nCost: FREE—plus your planting help \nCome join us in planting native shade trees\, understory vegetation\, wildflowers\, 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.\nStreet 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 reduce water consumption as we reduce downstream flooding we naturally bioremediate/filter pollutants\, and help indirectly and directly recharge our groundwater. Thus far this annual event has resulted in over 1\,800 trees being planted in our neighborhood/waterhood\, thousands of understory plants\, and contributed to annually harvesting over one and a quarter million gallons of stormwater that used to go to the stormdrain—let’s keep going! \nThanks to Little John Excavating for doing the basin excavation\, Churchman Sand & Gravel for catalina granite rock\, Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters for the mesquite branches\, and Dryland Design for doing the excellent rockwork and logwork. \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).
URL:https://dunbarspringneighborhoodforesters.org/event/7th-annual-community-planting-of-new-street-side-water-harvesting-basins-part-2-in-the-public-rights-of-ways-of-the-west-university-neighborhood-tucson-az/
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