Volun-tree at the Spring RNeighborWoods Planting / Bring your bottles and cans!
Currently there are 27,720 vacant boulevard tree spaces throughout Rochester neighborhoods, out of a total of 56,779 spaces. The city is currently at less than a half of capacity and each year 500-900 boulevard trees are removed to disease or damage.
RNeighborWoods is doing our small part to add to Rochester’s urban forest, educate about the importance of trees, and nurture connectedness in neighborhoods.
Love community trees as much as we do? Join us for a community tree planting in the Watson’s Sports Complex and Cimarron Park neighborhood where there are 1000 empty spaces to plant 1000 trees.
Saturday, May 7
9 am-Completion (meet at 1000 essex parkway)
Lunch at 1 pm (provided by Roscoe’s Root Beer and Ribs)
We’ll be planting a tree in memory and honor of Mike Podulke, County Commissioner and RNeighbors Board member who passed away in February.
Neighborhoods around Watson Sports Complex to Cimarron Park
Meet at Watson Sports Complex (Parking is limited! Carpooling is encouraged )
Bring your plastic bottles and cans to the planting. Conservation Minnesota will donate 10 cents per container to RNeighbors.
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.
For more about RNeighborWoods including partners, events, and photos, check our website.
Tree Types
- Bicolor Oak
- Burr Oak
- Ginkgo
- Kentucky Coffeetree
- Euonymus Tree
- Honeylocust
- Pekin Lilac
- Linden
- Princeton Elm
- Accolade Elm
- Discovery Elm
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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