Fall 2022 RNeighborWoods Community Tree Planting

Fall 2022 RNeighborWoods Community Tree Planting

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Photo: On Saturday, May 7, 2022, we planted 200 boulevard trees in the South Pointe neighborhood with the help of 100 volunteers. The tree planting demo led by the City Forester was the 8,000th tree planted by the RNeighborWoods program.

Planting trees along streets maximizes the benefits we receive from the tree canopy. Trees intercept rainfall, shade pavement to cool neighborhoods, and extend the lifespan of our streets. In our city, up to 1,000 boulevard trees are removed due to disease or damage each year. Through the teamwork of RNeighborWoods since 2004, we have utilized 7,332 volunteers to plant 8,131 boulevard trees.

Our goal is to fill every vacant boulevard in Rochester with trees and we need your help in the Prairie Crossing NW neighborhood to plant 100 street trees.

Saturday, October 8, 2022

Start: 8:30 am (usually finished by 11 am)

Meeting Place: 68th Street NW and Gaillardia Drive

Parking: On any adjacent neighborhood street 

At the staging area you’ll be able to see our volunteers at the check-in table where you can register. You’ll be given a team color, told next steps including a tree planting demo, and directed for a group photo. Then we’ll be off to plant some trees. Each planting group will have at least one Citizen Forester who has taken the course and can guide volunteers to ensure each tree is planted properly. Please follow local COVID guidelines and take precautions as personally deemed necessary.

  • No experience necessary
  • All ages welcome
  • No cost
  • There is no pre-registration needed
  • If you have one, bring a shovel (labeled with your name)

Print or email this PLANTING POSTER for your friends!

Here is a map overview of the planting.

In order to diversify our urban forest we will plant:

  • Small Stature (for under power lines)
    Cucumber Magnolia, Redbud, Hornbeam
  • Medium/Large Stature
    River Birch (single trunk), Turkish Filbert, White Oak, Blackgum, Yellowwood, Fruitless Sweetgum, Silver Linden, London Planetree

See the photos from all of our tree planting events on our Facebook page. For more about RNeighborWoods including partners and events, check our website.

Did you know that trees make a difference in many aspects of a neighborhood? The below information is from the Alliance for Community Trees and additional facts and figures can be found on the Arbor Day website.

  • Lower crime. The presence of trees in urban neighborhoods has been linked to reduced crime.
  • Cleaner air Trees provide the oxygen we breathe. One acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people to breathe each day and eliminates as much carbon dioxide from the air as is produced from driving a car 26,000 miles.
  • Energy savings. Trees lower the temperature through shade. The cooling effects of trees can save millions of energy dollars.
  • More public revenue. Studies have shown that trees enhance community economic stability by attracting businesses and tourists.
  • Higher property values. Property values of homes with trees in the landscape are 5 – 20% higher than equivalent properties without trees.
  • More efficient stormwater management. One tree reduces 4000 gallons of storm water runoff annually. 400 trees will capture 140,000 gallons of rainwater annually. That is, 4 million trees would save $14 million in annual storm water runoff costs.

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