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 Ave for demonstrations/training on the work we’ll do, then help your neighbors (and get to know more of your neighbors) as we plant rain, mulch, and trees within water-harvesting basins in the public rights-of-way along our streets.
Tree Ordering:
Place your tree orders (for Shade Trees for your property--$8 each with Rocky Yosek at rocky@treesfortucson.org or (520) 250-8220. (490-8951) by October 31, 2014.
Download the native shade tree order forms or the Native Community Tree Order Form 2014 along with Community-Tree Maintenance Agreement form needed for trees to be planted in public right-of-way
Or contact Rocky at 520-250-8220.
For descriptions of available trees see the Native Tree List page at www.DesertHarvesters.org, or http://www.desertharvesters.org/native-tree-information/native-tree-list/