RNeighborWoods Citizen Forester Training

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 poorly cared for tree roots. Graduates of this class will learn lots of interesting tree facts!

  To register please contact Rene Lafflam, Executive Director of RNeighbors, Rochester’s Neighborhood Resource Center.

   

• State of Minnesota’s Arbor Day Celebration in Rochester
  Friday, April 27, 11-1 pm, Central Park, downtown Rochester
  Sponsored by Rochester Public Utilities, Rochester Park and Rec, and Maier Forest & Tree.
• Elton Hills Drive RNeighborWoods tree planting
  Saturday, April 28, 9:30 am

Meet by the ball fields of Rochester Central Lutheran School (RCLS). Please park on 9th Avenue, at Elton Hills Elementary, or at Hoover Elementary, not at RCLS.
Look for a table and smiling people with safety orange vests on. We’ll introduce our Citizen Foresters, go over the logistics of the planting, divide into groups, and then plant 100 trees all along Elton Hills Drive! The majority of these trees were purchased by Rochester Public Utilities and include tree varieties of Serviceberry, Tree Lilac, Adams Crabapple, and Ginkgo trees (in spaces that are not under the power wires). 

They speak for the trees. At the fall 2006 planting, Operation Hometown Gratitude (high school kids who send care packages to troops) helped plant trees at both the Elton Hills Drive and 20th Street SE location.

So mark your calendars for the above upcoming tree dates. There are lots of Earth loving events going on in Rochester in April 2007!

Be sure to check the community calendar on this website for more events. See you at the planting!