Opportunity Details
Urban Forestry - Street Tree Planting - Southside
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Brief Organizational Description:
Street trees are an important, yet often overlooked, aspect of our streetscapes. They help create healthier, safer, and more connected communities. From cleaning our air, to filtering our water, and even slowing down storm surge and flooding in our cities, trees also provide shade that can cool our neighborhoods by up to 10 degrees, which can help prevent heat-related deaths and illessess in urban areas that suffer from heat island effect. The City of Richmond’s Urban Forestry Division maintains over 120,000 trees that are within public right-of-way spaces.
Volunteer Position Description and Purpose:
Join Urban Forestry for a street tree planting! We will be planting street trees in treelawns along Decatur St. in the Broad Rock/Swansboro neighborhood on Southside. Not only will this help beautify the area and create habitat for birds and other local wildlife, but once reaching maturaty, these trees will create shade and cool down temperatures in an area that has a high Heat Vulnerability Index.
Volunteer Duties & Responsibilities:
Volutneers will be assisting staff from Urban Forestry, in the planting of new street trees in treelawns. Duties will include helping to dig holes, moving soil and mulch, and placing and planting these 15-gallon/1" caliper sized trees. We will also be installing tree irrigation bags for watering these trees after planting. All activities will be outdoors, so please dress appropriatly in something you don’t mind getting dirty, as well as sturdy closed-toe shoes. All tools will be provided, but feel free to bring along your favorite work/gardening gloves. Make sure to wear sunscreen and bring along a refillable water bottle to keep hydrated (as well as a snack if you feel that you'll need it!)
Qualifications, Skills, & Requirements:
No prior experience or special skills necessary, however please understand that some physical ability will be required (ex: bending, lifting, shoveling, kneeling, etc). Urban Forestry staff will be leading a demonstartion on how to properly plant trees at the beginning of the event, so please arrive on time!
Time Commitment:
This event will be from 10am - 1pm, please arrive on time and plan on staying for the full 3-hours.
Other Information:
- Meeting location and additional instructions will be emailed after sign-up - be sure to check your SPAM folder if you have not recived it. All volunteers MUST REPLY to that email to confirm participation to allow for proper planning for equipment!
- Volunteer hours will be verified within 48hrs after the end of the event, though the HandsOn Greater Richmond website
- If arriving by bicycle, there are utility poles in the area (so bring a cable lock)
- If arriving by GRTC Bus, the 1A, 1B, and 1C routes all have nearby stops. Please visit http://ridegrtc.com/planning-your-trip/trip-planner for more details.
- If arriving by vehicle, please give yourself some extra time on arriving to be able to find on-street parking. Car pooling is encouraged!
Have a large group or want to learn more details about this event? Feel free to reach out to our Opportunity Coordinator if you have any questions!
Age Minimum (with Adult): 16+, Minimum Age:18+, Court Ordered Volunteer - Allowed
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