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. Through the teamwork of RNeighborWoods since 2004, we have utilized 6,441 volunteers to plant 7,230 boulevard trees. We need your help to add 200 more street trees to the southwest Apple Hill neighborhood. Saturday, April 28 Starting at 8:30 am Meeting place at Apple Ridge Blvd SW between Haralson Lane and Regent Lane SW Street parking…

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Photo: In April, 2017, the RNeighborWoods team helped the Slatterly Park Neighbors plant 25 trees as winners of the spring 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 carbon footprint. Once again the City of Rochester and RNeighbors is offering a grant for a winning neighborhood to receive 25 free boulevard trees. Announcing the RNeighborWoods Tree Grant! Twenty-five…

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Rochester’s urban forest needs your help to plant some trees in the Viking Hills Park NE Rochester neighborhood. On Oct. 14 we’ll be planting 200 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….

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Due to possible storms, the East Park tree planting has been postponed until Tuesday, October 10, at 4:30 pm. All other information remains the same as detailed below. In February, Minnesota will host the Super Bowl, but on Tuesday, October 3, from 4:30-6 pm, Rochester will kick-off the celebration with a tree planting in East Park (1738 E Center St, Rochester, MN 55904) that is funded through a Super Bowl LII Urban Forestry Grant. Council member Mark Bilderback will start the planting…

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Photo: The Kutzky Park Neighbors came out on Tuesday, September 27, to add some green leafy trees to their boulevards. This effort was done in several shifts of neighbors who got the last tree in the ground just prior to a dark, rain storm. Trees make good neighbors. Since its creation in 2004, RNeighborWoods has organized 6,206 volunteers to plant 7,030 trees on Rochester boulevards. These trees provide multiple ecological and other public benefits including reducing Rochester’s carbon footprint. Once again the…

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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 250 more street trees to the northwest Rochester neighborhood on the west of Quarry Hill Park. Saturday, April 29 Starting at 8:30 am Meet at the WEST entrance of Quarry Hill Park 9th Street NE & 19th Avenue NE You’ll be able to see our volunteers at the check-in…

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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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