Riverside Celebrates Trees is Here!

Riverside Celebrates Trees is just around the corner, and you are invited to celebrate how Trees are Terrific Inside and Out by planting a tree! Riverside Celebrates Trees (RCT) is the largest single day tree planting event in Riverside and, this year, will feature the planting of 200 trees in just a few short hours! On Saturday, March 8th, volunteers from all organizations, businesses, and groups are invited to meet at 9:00 a.m. at 1410 Via Vista Drive in Riverside to join the activities.

Volunteer to Plant and Learn About Trees…
Upon arriving at the park, volunteers will check-in, receive a free t-shirt and be treated to breakfast snacks. After opening ceremonies and planting instructions, volunteer tree planters will head out to the streets surrounding the area to plant their assigned trees. After the trees are properly planted, volunteers will be welcomed back to 1410 Via Vista Drive for a Horticultural Faire featuring booths from various community groups, businesses, and organizations throughout Riverside and the Inland Empire. This educationally-focused day of  “thinking green” will have participants not only learning how to properly plant trees, but the benefits of trees in our community, and a number of other environmentally–friendly organizations and products available locally.

Adopt A Tree…
A donation of $150 will enable you to adopt a tree either “ In Memory of” or  “In Honor of” a loved one.  You will receive a certificate listing the type of tree and its location so you can visit your tree for years to come.  You have the option of planting the tree yourself or having it planted for you.  Deadline to submit adoptions is March 3, 2008.

A free lunch from Arlington Rotary and entertainment from Ballet Folklorico de Riverside will round out the afternoon and three winners from the K-6 coloring contest will be announced and receive gift cards to Target.

 This event is made possible through the great partnerships of Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful, the City of Riverside Public Works Department, Riverside Public Utilities, Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce, California Urban Forests Council, UECC Master Gardeners, United Voices for Healthy Communities, West Coast Arborists and DHL Express.

 Volunteer opportunities, sponsorship, and booth space are available. Please contact Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful at (951) 683-7100 or Tijana at tquilici@riverside-chamber.com. For more information, visit www.krcb.com.

Please click here for the volunteer flyer.

Please click here for the sponsorship flyer.

If you are interested in Adopting a Tree at this event, please click here.

Boot Camp Teaches Tree Basics

Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful and the City of Riverside - Public Works Department hosted the annual “Tree Training Boot Camp” on Saturday, February 23rd  in preparation for “Riverside Celebrates Trees”. Every year, two weeks before the City of Riverside’s National Arbor Day Celebration event, “Riverside Celebrates Trees”, community volunteers are recruited to learn the basics of tree planting during a one-day “Tree Training Boot Camp”. After completing the program, these volunteers are then asked to serve as “Tree Planting Captains” during the upcoming “Riverside Celebrates Trees” event and help guide and direct a small group of volunteers to properly plant a specific number of trees. 

 During this year’s “Tree Training Boot Camp”, over forty volunteers from the community, as well as the UECC Master Gardeners, participated in two hours of classroom training, followed by one hour of actual tree planting. The training took place a the City of Riverside Corporation Yard on Lincoln avenue, and the trees were planted along the tree line entrance of the Corporation Yard.  All the team captains are very enthusiastic and look forward to assisting “Riverside Celebrate Trees” on Saturday, March 8th.   In addition, KRCB is excited to have these volunteers leading others with shovels and gloves in the proper planting of trees!

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