RNeighborWoods 2008 Spring Tree Planting

Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Tue, 2008-03-18 03:58.

Many participants at the fall 2008 planting had never planted a tree before. Pictured here, RNeighborWoods Coordinator Dave, greeted Marion Road neighbors, who cheerfully worked to help beautify their neighborhood.

Trees make good neighbors.

Join us on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 9:30 am, for a community boulevard tree planting in the north east Rochester Northern Addition neighborhood across from Silver Lake.

Since 2006, the RNeighborWoods group has planted 200 seedlings and 588 ball-in-burlap trees in Rochester. This spring, we received tree funds from the City of Rochester and have purchased 100 boulevard trees. Now we need your help to properly plant these trees so they can be enjoyed for generations to come.

Look for the RNeighborWoods table and smiling people with safety orange vests at Sertoma Park, 10th Street NE. Parking will be a challenge so you’re encouraged to park across West Circle Drive in the Silver Lake Park lot.

We’ll introduce our Citizen Foresters, go over the logistics of the planting, divide into groups, and then plant trees within this neighborhood.

After the planting be sure to stick around for a free lunch and help celebrate planting 100 trees and the greening of Rochester at the A Litter Bit Better closing celebration.

Are you a tree enthusiast and want to spend a intensive day learning more about our urban forest? Be sure to check out information on the website about our Saturday, April 19, Citizen Forester Workshop, from 9 am-3 pm.

For a poster of more April tree events print the event flyer out and post it in your neighborhood, at your workplace, or hand it out to your friends.

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.

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