Join us for our FALL TREE PLANTING On the Midtown Greenway

Sat Oct 24th Noon to 1:30pm @

Parque Monarca (CEPRO Site) (2828 11th Ave S. Mpls MN Please RSVP, THANKS!  https://forms.gle/kVtseJKRhzPnYPFg7

You can expect:

  • Having fun planting trees with neighbors
  • Learning how to plant a tree to thrive
  • We’ll provide gloves and shovels
  • The MPRB will pre-dig the holes!
  • Hot lunch by Sisters Camelot

Facebook Event to Share https://www.facebook.com/share/1ETChp2XE8/

Event co-hosts – Midtown East Phillips Neighborhood Association, Midtown Greenway Coalition,  Venture Bikes Midtown, Resilient Cities and Communities, Tree Trust, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Brewing a Better Forest, MN 350. The event is made possible through a DNR 2025 ReLeaf Grant

Please Mulch & Water your trees this fall before the winter!

Acompáñanos en la actividad comunitaria de Phillips:

PLANTACIÓN DE ÁRBOLES DE OTOÑO En el Midtown Greenway

Sábado 24 de octubre, de 12:00 p. m. a 1:30 p. m. en

Parque Monarca (sitio CEPRO) 2828 11th Ave S., Minneapolis, MN

Por favor, confirma tu asistencia. ¡Gracias! https://forms.gle/kVtseJKRhzPnYPFg7

¿Qué puedes esperar?

• Divertirte plantando árboles con tus vecinos

• Aprender cómo plantar un árbol para que crezca sano y fuerte

• Nosotros proporcionaremos guantes y palas

• ¡El MPRB (Junta de Parques y Recreación de Minneapolis) cavará los hoyos previamente!

• Almuerzo caliente a cargo de Sisters Camelot

Friends of Trees Volunteer Network

Help us grow a healthier urban forest! Fill out our quick survey to let us know how you can plug in.

Resilient Cities and Communities is connecting volunteers by neighborhood to grow a healthy tree canopy with support from a MN DNR ReLeaf Grant. to 30% to keep our homes cool over the summer, improve air quality, lower heat index, intercept rain and provide habitat. Thanks for making a gift today to support our work!

5 simple ways you can make a difference today:

  1. Adopt a boulevard tree: Give a street-side tree the watering and care it needs to thrive. Brewing a Better Forest/
  2. Request a new tree for your yard: Bring more shade, wildlife, and beauty right to your doorstep.
  3. Join a neighborhood tree walk: Gather your neighbors for a casual stroll to learn about the trees on your block.
  4. Help at a community tree planting event: Roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty putting new roots in NE soil.
  5. Join us for a Spring or Fall Friends of Trees Volunteer Meet Up in your area! Come meet fellow tree lovers, talk strategy, and hang out.

Please RSVP to join us for upcoming Friends of Trees Events

  • Phillips/Cedar Riverside Friends of Trees Launch – Thurs, Sept 17th at 5:30-6PM at the Town Hall Brewery 1430 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55454
  • Northside Friends of Trees workshop, dinner & tree walk, Sat Sept 26 4 to 7pm @ Capri Theater 2027 West Broadway Ave, Mpls
  • Phillips EPNI Harvest Moon Fest – Sat Sept 26 11am to 4pm at Cedar Field Park 2500 Cedar Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404
  • Phillips Tree Walk – Sat Sept 26 5pm to 6pm meet at the Corner of East 27th Ave & 18th Ave. S. For more info contact David Ingold Midtown, East Phillips Neighborhood Assoc. (612) 367-7891 david@midtowneastphillips.org

During the summer drought it is important to water new trees weekly.

  • Get more boulevard trees adopted to be watered once a week for the first 3 years in partnership with Brewing a Better Forest (with text/email reminders) and Tree Watering Parties with MPRB Tree Stewards to water all the new trees on a bock and reach out to adjacent home owners to adopt their trees.  
  • Support neighbors participating in the tree sale to plant their tree well, mulch and water.

Four Neighborhood Tree Canopy Pilot Project

  • With support from a DNR ReLeaf Grant RCC’s Collaborative Neighborhood Tree Canopy Campaign will support 4 neighborhoods associations to connect block club volunteers, tree stewards, tree ambassadors and Certified Arborists to work together to expand the tree canopy in their highest need census tracts. (June 2026 to June 2027) Southside Nokomis East Neighborhood Assoc (NENA) Phillips – Midtown-East Phillips, NE Columbia Park (CPNA) and Marshall Terrace (MTNO)  Northside – Near North/Willard Hay (NRRC)

Volunteers Planted 16 new Trees at Harrison Park

Thank You Volunteers for Planting new 16 Trees at Harrison Park

With Birch Tree, Project Sweetie Pie, RCC, and MPRB

TWO GREAT RESOURCES

Subscribe to MnSTAC’s weekly newsletter, which pulls together current news and opportunities surrounding Minnesota community forestry.http://www.mnstac.org/news–events.html

Hennepin County Urban Community Forestry is hosting a wonderful educational serries with their next one being on https://beheardhennepin.org/urban-community-forestry
 Tree planting and selection webinarThursday, May 23 from 6 to 7 p.m.Get insight on how to select the right tree(s) for your property and learn techniques from the experts for planting bare root, containerized, and balled and burlap trees.Register on Zoom(External link).

Ask an Arborist: Fruit Tree Pests and Pathogens- Saturday Sept 6th

  • Ask an Arborist: Fruit Tree Pests and Pathogens- Saturday Sept 6th
  • Noon to 1:15pm East Phillips Park (2307 17th Ave S.)
  • 1:30pm to 3pm East Phillips Garden – (2428 17th Ave S) Eat a free lunch, look at the fruit trees, and ask questions about your own fruit trees!
  • Please RSVP https://secure.everyaction.com/-6TFRFhdkUWimRBBfBolUg2

Let’s co-organize Quarterly city-wide neighborhood forestry outreach meet ups (in person or zoom) with community groups working on community forestry with RCC, Tree Trust, Mpls Green Teams U of MN, Minneapolis, MPRB and Hennepin Co.

  • learning from experienced, successful neighborhoods (i.e. Loring Park)
  • sharing outreach materials and strategies
  • connecting with trained Urban Tree Care Advocate volunteers
  • to make most of all the new federal forestry funds being invested to replace 100,000 ash trees in our neighborhoods.

 Please call or email me  Sean Gosiewski RCC 612 250-0389 sean@rccmn.co to let me know if you would also be interested in attending (and the staff and volunteers can add to our invitation list)