Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Thu, 2007-03-15 11:09. Rochester is celebrating its 25th year as a Tree City USA, along with its third straight year of receiving the “Growth Award” for improvements in Urban Forest management. To help celebrate, join the RNeighborWoods tree planting on April 28 along Elton Hills Drive. How should the RNeighborWoods group follow-up a successful fall planting of 238 trees by 150 volunteers? By doing a spring planting of course! Elton Hills Drive RNeighborWoods tree…

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Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Thu, 2007-03-15 10:27. Start: 2007-04-24 16:00 End: 2007-04-24 18:00 RNeighborWoods Mission RNeighborWoods empowers and educates the community to grow a sustainable urban forest, benefiting the health, social, and economic aspects of Rochester neighborhoods. Citizen Forester Training Tuesday and Wednesday, April 24 & 25, 4-6 pm, at Quarry Hill Nature Center  This class will get to view a portion of Dr. Seuss’ movie The Lorax and will get hands-on experience with improperly planted, diseased, and…

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Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Wed, 2007-02-14 22:51. Start: 2007-02-20 18:00 End: 2007-02-20 20:00 Body: Have you ever volunteered or wanted to volunteer? If so, consider attending this class. We will help you identify how to select volunteer opportunities that are best suited for you. You will also learn about the history of volunteering programs in Extension and in southeastern Minnesota including the Master Gardener , Woodland Advisor, and 4-H programs. Learn how to connect with organizations that need…

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Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Thu, 2007-02-01 10:27. Start: 2007-03-30 09:00 End: 2007-03-31 21:00  Save the Date: March 30 – 31, 2007 Forest Management in Our Region A Workshop for Landowners, Foresters, Loggers, & Local Officials St. Mary’s University Winona, Minnesota Do you own forestland in southeastern Minnesota? If so you’ll want to come to the “Forest Management in Our Region” workshop for private forest landowners on March 30 and 31, 2007 at St. Mary’s University in Winona. This…

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Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Wed, 2006-11-08 13:30. Start: 2006-02-16 08:00 End: 2006-02-16 17:00 Body:     5th Annual Rochester Arborist Workshop Workshop Brochure Heinz Center – RCTC Horticultural Building 1926 Collegeview Drive SE Rochester, MN 55904 Taught by Edward F. Gilman Professor, Environmental Horticulture Department, University of Florida Dr. Gilman received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1980 in forest plant pathology. He is on the faculty as professor in the Environmental Horticulture Department at the University of…

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Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Thu, 2006-08-17 11:51. Start: 2006-10-03 18:30 End: 2006-10-03 19:30 Join us each Tuesday at 6:30 pm, for one hour of free neighborhood walking, exploration of the SE neighborhoods, education, door prizes, and fun! Meet by the playground at Riverside Central Elementary. Tuesday, October 3 NeighborWoods Tree Training Learn from City Forester Jake Ryg and nursery owner Jay Maier about how residents can better care for neighborhood trees and how walkers may enjoy the changing…

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Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Thu, 2009-10-29 20:51. Start: 2010-02-19 09:00 End: 2010-02-19 15:00 Body: Mark Your Calendars Now! When: Friday February 19, 2010. Where: Rochester’s International Event Center Registration is on-line at www.rochesterarboristworkshop.com Tom Smiley Arboricultural Researcher Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory Charlotte, NC Tom Smiley is an arboriculture teacher, trainer and researcher for the world renowned F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company. Tom has been a national and international leader in the development of hazardous tree risk assessments. He…

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Trees make good neighbors.  On October 10, 2009, Northwest neighbor Ron Stephan with the help of his daughters rallied his neighborhood together to plant 20 Ginkgo trees on a frosty Saturday morning. Volunteers were anxious to get planting and warm up. Citizen forester Jesse Hoekstra demonstrated proper planting techniques and quickly put the neighbors to work. After we began planting a few more neighbors joined in and the trees were in the ground in a little over an hour. Volunteers…

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Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Tue, 2009-10-06 12:01. On Saturday, October 3, over 100 Slatterly Park neighbors, students, and other Rochester volunteers braved the cold and muddy conditions to plant 100 new trees in the southeast Rochester neighborhood of Slatterly Park. A high density of open boulevard tree spaces and neighbors without the means to plant trees is one of the criteria that the RNeighborWoods group uses to determine which neighborhood they target for a community tree planting. Slatterly…

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