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Planting trees along streets maximizes the benefits of the city-wide tree canopy. Since 2004, we have achieved remarkable milestones as a community. Through the collective efforts of RNeighborWoods and 7,697 dedicated volunteers, we have planted 8,459 boulevard trees. This was possible through ninety-one events, including community tree plantings, citizen forester trainings, and neighborhood ...

For the second year, the RNeighborWoods team is offering a different outdoor park experience for a winning neighborhood: a natural playscape! The 2023 winner was the Elton Hills neighborhood, the logs placed at Allendale Park. Our partners at the Park and Rec Forestry Department have created Lincoln Log-style beams that can be stacked together in a natural play area, fun for all ages to climb and ...

Planting trees along streets maximizes the benefits of the city-wide tree canopy. Through the teamwork of RNeighborWoods since 2004, we have utilized 7,577 volunteers to plant 8,338 boulevard trees. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits, including reducing Rochester’s carbon footprint. Rochester’s urban forest includes 41,177 public trees on neighborhood boulevards and ...

Instead of offering the neighborhood tree grant as in the past, the RNeighborWoods team is switching things up a bit by giving your neighborhood an opportunity to apply for and enjoy a different kind of outdoor park experience, a natural playscape! Our fantastic partners at the Park and Rec Forestry Department have created Lincoln Log-style beams that can be stacked together in a natural play ...

Planting trees along streets maximizes the benefits we receive from the city-wide tree canopy. Through the teamwork of RNeighborWoods since 2004, we have utilized 7,452 volunteers to plant 8,231 boulevard trees. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including reducing Rochester’s carbon footprint. Rochester’s urban forest includes 41,177 public trees on neighborhood ...

Volunteers and RNeighborWoods partners bundled up and showed up to plant 100 new street trees in the Prairie Crossing NW neighborhood on Saturday, October 8, 2022. The temperature was a chilly 30 degrees at the start of this planting, proving these Rochester volunteers are made of hearty stuff. Thanks to everyone who came out to lend a hand. What a difference your volunteerism has made to these ...

Planting trees along streets maximizes the benefits we receive from the tree canopy. Trees intercept rainfall, shade pavement to cool neighborhoods, and extend the lifespan of our streets. In our city, up to 1,000 boulevard trees are removed due to disease or damage each year. Through the teamwork of RNeighborWoods since 2004, we have utilized 7,332 volunteers to plant 8,131 boulevard trees. Our ...

Planting trees along streets maximizes the benefits we receive from trees and it is our goal to fill every vacant boulevard with trees. Tree intercept rainfall, shade pavement to cool neighborhoods, and extend the lifespan of our streets. Each year up to 1,000 boulevard trees are removed due to disease or damage. We need your help to add more community trees to the South Pointe Neighborhood. ...

Photo: In Spring of 2019, the RNeighborWoods team helped the Lowertown Neighbors plant 25 trees as winners of the Neighborhood Tree Grant. Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation in 2004, RNeighborWoods has organized 7,207 volunteers to plant 7,907 trees on Rochester boulevards. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including reducing Rochester’s carbon ...

All spring 2020 RNeighborWoods tree planting events are cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus including the Neighborhood Tree Grant, Citizen Forester Training, and Community Tree Planting. It is our hope that fall events will take place. We’ll need all of your help to ensure trees purchased for 2020 get planted in Rochester neighborhood boulevards. Photo: Saturday, September 21, 2019, this ...

All spring 2020 RNeighborWoods tree planting events are cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus including the Neighborhood Tree Grant, Citizen Forester Training, and Community Tree Planting. It is our hope that fall events will take place. We’ll need all of your help to ensure trees purchased for 2020 get planted in Rochester neighborhood boulevards. Photo: In Spring of 2019, the RNeighborWoods ...

The city’s boulevard tree spaces are currently over half empty and each year up to 600 boulevard trees are removed due to disease or damage. We need your help to add more community trees to the Century Point NE neighborhood (just off of East Circle just NE of Quarry Hill on Century Valley Rd.) neighborhood. Through the teamwork of RNeighborWoods since 2004, we have utilized 7,000 volunteers to ...

Photo: On a snowy Saturday, April 13, 2019, this crew spent four hours learning about, planting and pruning trees. They now can advocate and care for Rochester’s urban trees as official Citizen Foresters. When: Saturday, September 21, 8:30 am – Noon Where: 125 Live, 125 Elton Hills Drive NW Registration: Community Education Class Price: $15 Become a part of the Rochester urban ...

Photo: As winners of the spring Neighborhood Tree Grant on May 11, 2019, the Lowertown Neighbors, with the help of the RNeighborWoods team planted 25 new trees in their boulevards. When asked in the grant application why they wanted these trees they answered “our streets use to be lined with beautiful Elm trees making a canopy over the street.  The influx of diseases have left our streets ...

The city’s boulevard tree spaces are currently over half empty and each year up to 600 boulevard trees are removed due to disease or damage. We need your help to add more community trees to the SE Eastwood Hills neighborhood. Through the teamwork of RNeighborWoods since 2004, we have utilized 6,441 volunteers to plant 7,230 boulevard trees. Saturday, April 27 Starting at 8:30 am (usually finished ...

Photo: On Saturday, October 27, 2018, this crew spent four hours learning about, planting and pruning trees. They now can advocate and care for Rochester’s urban trees as official Citizen Foresters. When: Saturday, April 13, 8 am – Noon Where: 125 Live, 125 Elton Hills Drive NW Registration: Eventbrite Registration Price: $10.00 Become a part of the Rochester urban forester team ...

Photo: On September 22, 2018, the RNeighborWoods team helped the Historic SW Neighbors plant 25 trees as winners of the fall Neighborhood Tree Grant. Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation in 2004, RNeighborWoods has organized 6,441 volunteers to plant 7,230 trees on Rochester boulevards. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including reducing Rochester’s ...

Rochester’s urban forest needs your help to plant some trees in the Bamber Hills neighborhood. On Saturday, October 13, we’ll be planting 200 trees on the boulevards of 32nd Street -40th Street, Halling Place SW-Windsor Chase Drive SW.  Tree types to be planted include Hawthorne, Serviceberry, Crabapple, Ohio Buckeye, Black Cherry, Osage Orange, London Plane, Northern Pin Oak, Tulip Poplar, ...

Photo: On Saturday, September 17, 2016, this crew spent four hours learning about and planting trees. They now can advocate and care for Rochester’s urban trees as official Citizen Foresters. When: Saturday, October 27, 8 am – Noon Where: 125 Live, 125 Elton Hills Drive NW in the Maple Room Registration: Eventbrite Registration Price: $10.00 Become a part of the Rochester urban ...

Photo: A Neighborhood Tree Grant planting took place Saturday, May 12, 2018. 11 Ave NE to 6 Ave NE and 14th Street NE to Kellogg Middle School got 25 brand new street trees. Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation in 2004, RNeighborWoods has organized 6,441 volunteers to plant 7,230 trees on Rochester boulevards. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including ...