RNeighborWoods 2008 Fall Tree Planting

Join us on Saturday, September 27, 2008, at 9 am, for a community boulevard tree planting in the south east Rochester Homestead Park – 8 ½ Street neighborhood.

Since 2006, the RNeighborWoods group has planted 200 seedlings and 718 ball-in-burlap trees in Rochester. This fall, we received tree funds from the City of Rochester and RPU. We’ve purchased 100 boulevard trees and now we need your help to properly plant them.

There is no pre-registration needed and all ages are welcome. On the day of the planting, just look for the RNeighborWoods table and smiling people with safety orange vests at
Homestead Park, 1481 8 1/2 Street SE. Parking is available at the park.

We’ll introduce our Citizen Foresters, go over the logistics of the planting, divide into groups, and then plant trees within this neighborhood. See the photos from our spring planting. We planted 100 trees in the snow!

Are you a tree enthusiast and want to spend a intensive morning learning more about our urban forest? Be sure to check out information on the website about our Saturday, September 20, Citizen Forester Workshop, from 8 am-noon.

Print the event flyer out and post it in your neighborhood, at your workplace, or hand it out to your friends. It’s been designed so one 8.5”x11” document can be cut into three separate flyers, saving trees! This National NeighborWoods Month event is made possible with support through support from
The Home Depot Foundation.

For more about RNeighborWoods including partners, events, and photos, 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 their 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.