BBLS: Commemorative Tree Planting

Brown Bag Lunch Series

Live Online Event

Thursday, June 28, 2007
1:00- 2:00pm EST


Session:    Commemorative Tree Plantings


Trainers: Joan Lionetti, Executive Director, Trees for Tucson (Tucson, AZ)
		  Scott Fogarty, Executive Director, Friends of Trees (Portland, OR)

About the series:

The Brown Bag Lunch Series is a monthly webcast held at the lunch hour. The overall goal is to create informal training opportunities for local urban and community forestry organizations.

The series is geared to mainly serve the needs of volunteer organizations and community groups. While the webcasts are open to all, the content is most likely to be of interest to practitioners who work directly with the public, volunteers, or youth.

The trainings leverage local successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations' methods, materials, and approaches. Sessions are planned to last no more than one hour, with two presenters speaking on the same topic from slightly different perspectives, each for 10-15 minutes, followed by 10-15 minutes of questions and answers.

The Brown Bag Lunch Series is made possible through support from:

Description:

Commemorative tree plantings are a great way to honor an individual, family member, or special occasion while raising funds for your organization and furthering your mission. By involving neighborhood leaders, business partners, and other players involved, this is a great way to gain recognition not only for urban and community forestry, but also for your organization.

Brown Bag attendees will learn:

How the programs got started
What partnership were key
Design (including issues with signage and parking)
Maintenance (including issues with irrigation)
Cost and coverage
Financial sustainability

Alliance for Community Trees Trees for Tucson spearheads a reforestation and beautification project where the public can sponsor tree plantings in commemoration of their loved ones. El Paseo del los Arboles "Pathway of the Trees" Park serves the dual purposes of offering the public commemorative space and providing private funds for the landscaping of a public park. Since the organization's inception in 1989, more than 100 residents each year have called to ask where they can plant a tree to commemorate a loved one.

Alliance for Community Trees Friends of Trees offers a planting program to generally commemorate anyone. For $25, Friends of Trees will plant a young native trees, for $50 they will plant a grove of six young native trees, and for $225 they will deliver and plant a yard tree up to ten feet tall. Each level also includes a personalized card and/or certificate suitable for framing. All who purchase Natural Area Commemorative Trees receive printed invitations to plant their trees' at Friends of Trees annual commemorative planting.

Click here to register for the webcast.

Next session:  July 19, 2007, 1-2pm EST.

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