Jr. Citizen Forester Training

Jr. Citizen Forester Training

Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Wed, 2007-03-21 10:00.

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  

    At the close of Wednesday’s class, this group will practice their new Forester skills by planting several ball-and-burlap trees and 200 seedlings at Quarry Hill.
    These seedlings were a grant award, made possible by FritoLay. This company is currently making America a little greener by helping to plant 100,000 new trees. A big RNeighborWoods thanks to FritoLay!

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

     

  • Jr. Citizen Forester Training
    Thursday, April 26, 4-5:30pm, 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.

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  • 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).

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