2009 Fall RNeighborWoods Community Tree Planting

100 trees were in the ground by 11 am. What a team!

On Saturday, September 27, 2008, over 175 school and service groups, neighbors, families, RNeighborWoods partners, volunteers, and Citizen Foresters planted 100 new trees in the southeast Rochester neighborhood of Homestead Park.

 

Currently there are 29,088 vacant boulevard tree spaces throughout Rochester neighborhoods, out of a total of 98,475 spaces. The city is currently at 30% less than capacity and each year 500-900 boulevard trees are removed to disease or damage.

Since 2006, the RNeighborWoods program has organized the planting of over 1,000 trees on Rochester boulevards, that provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including reducing Rochester’s carbon footprint.

Trees make good neighbors. Come join us for a community tree planting!

Saturday, October 3
9 am-Completion
Slatterly Park neighborhood
Meet at 11th Avenue Southeast, in Slatterly Park
No Cost

There is no pre-registration needed and all ages are welcome. On the day of the planting, just look for the RNeighborWoods table and smiling people with safety orange vests. There will be free refreshments for voluntrees thanks to our fall 2009 sponsors.

We’ll introduce our Citizen Foresters, go over the logistics of the planting, divide into groups, and then plant trees within this neighborhood.

See the photos from our spring planting on our Facebook page. We planted 100 trees in the Kutzky Park neighborhood.

For more about RNeighborWoods including partners, events, and photos, check our website.

Did you know that trees make a difference in many aspects of a neighborhood? The below information is from the Alliance for Community Trees and additional facts and figures can be found on their website.

• Lower crime.
  The presence of trees in urban neighborhoods has been linked to reduced crime.
• Cleaner air
  Trees provide the oxygen we breathe. One acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people to breathe each day and eliminates as much carbon dioxide from the air as is produced from driving a car 26,000 miles.
• Energy savings.
  Trees lower the temperature through shade. The cooling effects of trees can save millions of energy dollars.
• More public revenue.
  Studies have shown that trees enhance community economic stability by attracting businesses and tourists.
• Higher property values.
  Property values of homes with trees in the landscape are 5 – 20% higher than equivalent properties without trees.
• More efficient stormwater management.
  One tree reduces 4000 gallons of storm water runoff annually. 400 trees will capture 140,000 gallons of rainwater annually. That is, 4 million trees would save $14 million in annual storm water runoff costs.

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