Rochester’s urban forest needs your help to plant some trees in the Fox Trails NW Rochester neighborhood. On Oct. 15 we’ll be planting 250 trees on the bouvlards of Tundra Lane, Heritage Place, Heartland Ave, and Ashland Lane NW. Tree types to be planted include Sugar and Red Maples, Ohio Buckeye, Service berry, Catalpa, Hackberry, Hawthorn, Gingko, Honey Locust , Kentucky Coffee, Ironwood, Pin and Bur Oak, American Linden and Hybrid elm. Appropriate shorter trees will be planted under power lines. Saturday, October 15,…

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Photo: On April 16, 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, September 17, 2016, 8 am – Noon Where: Location has changed from Quarry Hill to the Silver Lake Fire Station, 702 W Silver Lake Dr NE. Park in the lot to the north. Community Ed Class Number: 8644.231 Price: $15.00 Become a part of the Rochester urban forester team through…

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Photo: The Valhalla Park Condominium Neighbors came out in force on Saturday, May 7, to add some green leafy trees to their boulevards that had a large percentage of Ash trees. Over forty volunteers were efficient in getting the 25 trees planted in an hour and 15 minutes! Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation in 2004, RNeighborWoods has organized 5,852 volunteers to plant 6,529 trees on Rochester boulevards. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including reducing Rochester’s…

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