Meet at the corner of 11th Avenue and University Boulevard. We will focus on this intersection and up to the intersection of 11th Ave and 2nd Street. Please join us, all are welcome for this cleanup. If you plan to attend, please bring yard tools, a hat, gloves, and a filled reusable water bottle. If anyone has a weedeater, please get in touch with Ezra to discuss.
Tree Planting and Pruning
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We will be organizing more regular cleanups leading up to the Neighborhood Tour in October. For this cleanup will be focusing on removing weeds (including non-native mesquite sprouts), pruning trees in the Right of Way (ROW), and removing trash. Here are the details:- Meet at the North-East Corner of 11th Avenue and 1st Street- Please bring rakes and pruning tools , a hat, filled…
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Plus the opportunity to get your prunings chipped into mulch for an extremely reasonable donation.Free Pruning & Mulching Workshop:Starts at 9am at the Dunbar/Spring Community Garden/Orchard space (NW corner of 11th Ave and University Blvd)
The free pruning workshop will be taught by local certified arborist Aleck Mackinnon, of the Pedaling Arborist. He will cover:Best strategies and…
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(Recommended reading section - pages 20-23)
From October 2013 through May 2014, Living Streets Alliance conducted a Neighborhood Walkability Assessment Program in five neighborhoods. The Program was informed by participant feedback and lessons learned from the pilot phase of the program (February to April 2013).
Through the Neighborhood Walkability Assessments, LSA engaged residents in thinking…
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Green your yard and help green our streets with water- and mulch-harvesting rain gardens; and native, food-bearing shade trees, which help cool neighborhood temperatures in summer; attract native song birds; reduce downstream flooding; beautify our community; sequester carbon; and clean our air, water, and soil.
Tree Planting:
Saturday, November 22th, 2014
Meet at 7:30am in front of 813 N 9th…
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Free for Dunbar/Spring residents, $5 for othersMeet at 813 N 9th Ave
Led by Brad Lancaster
We’ll show you how to collect, scarify (for germination), and plant native food tree seed within simple rainwater-harvesting earthworks in the public right-of-way to sustainably grow shade and enhanced habitat for people and wildlife. We’ll also plant multi-color flowering cacti with delicious fruits – a…
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Time: We’ll meet at 8 am for a planting demonstration, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. Check the blackboard on the porch at the meeting spot if you want to join in later in the morning—we’ll leave a note with an idea of the morning’s planting route. End time of noon is approximate.
Meeting spot: 813 N 9th Ave, Tucson AZ 85705
Come help us plant native shade trees within…
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Time: We’ll meet at 8 am for a planting demonstration, then keep going to various parts of the neighborhood. Check the blackboard on the porch at the meeting spot if you want to join in later in the morning—we’ll leave a note with an idea of the morning’s planting route. End time of noon is approximate.
Meeting spot: 813 N 9th Ave, Tucson AZ 85705
Come help us plant native shade trees within…
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Come out and help the neighborhood spruce up for the mesquite festival and porch fest. We will be cleaning up garbage, pruning, removing unwanted weeds and invasive species from right-of-ways, traffic circles, chicanes, and the community garden.Over 20 college students will also be helping and learning about community efforts.Meet at the community garden and Nature park. If you can't make it at…