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CALENDAR - THIS WEEK
Bellevue PTA meeting
Mon Sep 8 5:30 pm
Beginning Computer Classes for Adults
Tue Sep 9 10:30 am
Have computer questions and don't know where to begin? Come by the library and we'll help you get started! East End Libr...
open mic @ Poe's Pub
Tue Sep 9 8:30 pm
acoustic open mic at Poe's Pub on East Main, hosted by Jim Daab. Sign up is at 8:30, music starts at 9, goes until clos...
CAPS Meeting / Public Safety Meeting
Wed Sep 10 7:00 pm
@EDI (701 N 25th St.)
Fall Gardening and Winter Preparations by Tricycle Gardens
Thu Sep 11 6:30 pm
Tricycle Gardens are presenting the first of a series of workshops on organic gardening: Introduction to Organic Gardeni...
Unity Civic League
Thu Sep 11 6:30 pm
@ St. Peter's Development Center 22nd and X Street Call 643-9353 or willieand@aol.com for more info.
Tim Harriss Versus JPocklington
Fri Sep 12 7:00 pm
artists' reception @ Eric Schindler Gallery.

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512 Chimborazo Blvd $274,950 Motivated sellers have aggressively reduced the price for a quick sale! Offering $5k closing cost & home warranty. 3br, 1.5bth, 1980 sq ft. Granite ctops, ss appliances. Wood floors throughout. Contact Chris 378-2221, Ext 162
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Forbes Mobile Dj & Sound Svc. We provide professional Dj's for weddings, small bands, parties & more. Prices tailored to fit your budget. Visit us at www.forbesdjs.com (804 -721-1348)
KIDZ -R- COOKIN' We offer 15+ holistic & healthy cooking programs for children ages 5-15 yrs. We bring the kitchen to you! We create unique programs for schools, churches, community centers, troops, and any special event www.kidzrcookin.info 804.651.2974
Need estate sale services? Have items to consign? Since 1999, Susan's Selections has conducted in-home estate sales. Our consignment store at 8008 Staples Mill Rd is open Mon to Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm. 232-6480 or Roy@SusansSelections.com.
FOUND: Pregnant cat, silver/gray tabby. Was very hungry when found near 23rd and T streets on Friday 9-5-08. Call if she is yours, 937-9375.
LOST DOG Boston Terrier missing since 7/2 from Museum District. Black and white, male and his name is Petey. Possibly taken to Church Hill. My kids are heart broken. call 358-2953 $REWARD$




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August 27, 2008

scheduled for removal, not replacement

In the most recent edition of richmond.com’s Ask the Mayor, Mayor Wilder essentially explains that, short of the $50 Adopt-a-Tree program, the city does not have a plan for replacing the trees that it removes from our urban forest.

August 26, 2008

Adopt-A-Tree deadline is approaching

Get a great tree for $50! The deadline to participate in the Adopt-A-Tree Program for this year is October 1, with trees adopted this year to be planted late November through the end of February. Visit the city’s Urban Forrestry site to learn more or download the application (.doc) to get started.

August 1, 2008

Tree Steward classes to be offered

Did you ever want to learn how to identify trees? Or how to properly prune a young tree to insure good development? Are you interested in taking care of the trees in our community? Richmond Tree Stewards training may be for you!

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May 30, 2008

tree murder on 27th Street

A reader writes from North 27th Street between Franklin and Grace Streets:

They came here this morning to trim the limbs from 2 trees interfering with power lines - and they CUT DOWN THE WHOLE F*CKING TREE! Two of them! Completely healthy, beautiful mature red oaks that were 75 years old, at least.

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May 15, 2008

trespassing?

A reader writes: “I’ve been cutting the yard of the vacant house next door. Does this open me up to any legal liability? What if I plant some trees?”

April 27, 2008

tree stewards @ Oakwood Cemetery

The Richmond Tree Stewards put in volunteer hours at Oakwood Cemetery this weekend pruning the trees.

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April 15, 2008

Arbor Day tree plantings

April 14, 2008

Arbor Day in Jefferson, Libby Hill, and Chimborazo Parks

Arbor Day activities are planned for Jefferson Park, Libby Hill Park, and Chimborazo Park. New trees including crape myrtles, Kentucky coffee trees, Valley Forge elms, a willow oak, yoshino cherry trees, will be planted by Richmond Tree Stewards, students, Boy and Girl Scouts, and neighbors.

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April 7, 2008

good trees to plant

David Seward presented a list of Tough Trees for Central Virginia (xls/pdf) during one of the last classes of the Richmond Tree Steward Program. It makes a nice companion to the Department of Urban Forestry’s Approved Tree Planting List (xls/pdf).

March 24, 2008

new trees coming for Libby Hill Park

Libby Hill Park, Richmond, Virginia

This coming Saturday, a group of the Richmond Tree Stewards, Church Hill Planters and Friends of Libby Hill Park along with the city parks and urban forestry will team up to plant six new shade trees on the recently denuded plateau of Libby Hill Park. In addition, they will be mulching under the big old trees to help them weather the inevitable summer drought. Come out and join the fun!

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March 11, 2008

towards spring

February 22, 2008

got a new tree near your house?

tree watering bag

Does it have a bright green “gator” bag like this one attached to it? If so, please fill it once a week — and maybe even talk with your neighbors about helping you. (The fill-up slot is underneath the label at the top of the bag.) These bags are important to the survival of the small trees — over 50% of new trees fail because of lack of water, and rainfall is short this winter.

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February 14, 2008

old trees get some good attention

Marion F. Macdonald has given us a write-up from the Jan.26 tree pruning in Libby Hill Park. The Church Hill Planters and the Friends of Libby Hill Park, in cooperation with the City’s Departments of Urban Forestry and Park’s and Recreation joined forces with some local professional arborists to prune some of the most special trees on Church Hill, in one of the oldest city parks in the country.

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January 10, 2008

saving old trees in Libby Hill Park

Join the Church Hill Planters and the Friends of Libby Hill Park, in cooperation with the City’s Departments of Urban Forestry and Park’s and Recreation on Saturday, January 19th 2008, from 9AM-1PM, as they join forces with some local professional arborists to prune some of our most special trees on Church Hill, in one of the oldest city parks in the country.

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December 17, 2007

Tree Steward classes to be offered (UPDATED)

Did you ever want to learn how to identify trees? Or how to properly prune a young tree to insure good development? Interested in taking care of the trees in our community? Tree Steward Classes will be held on Mondays from 6:30-8:30PM at the Byrd Park Roundhouse on Feb.4, 11, 18, & 25 and March 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31. Contact Norm Brown at (804) 646-6785 for more information.

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December 12, 2007

1 + 29 trees for Jefferson Park

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Friends of Jefferson Park met last Saturday to decorate the park and light the tree in Jefferson Park. Their next project is this Saturday, 12/15 @ 8:30AM to assist with the planting of the trees in the park, “a wonderful opportunity to give a gift to future park users”. All are encouraged to come out and help plant trees!

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November 21, 2007

urban forest threatened

With examples from Fulton and 21st Street, today’s RTD has a look at the city’s “complaint-driven tree-maintenance policy [which] threatens the urban forest“. City crews are cutting down 1,500 to 2,000 trees a year (often in response to neighbor complaints), while planting only 300 new trees.

November 18, 2007

seasonal

November 2, 2007

witness tree

There is a really great sycamore tree at 24th and R Streets. Where are some other amazing trees in the neighborhood?

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October 11, 2007

trees for Jefferson Park update

The species and planting location of each of the new trees for Jefferson Park have been marked in the park on stakes with yellow plastic tape on them. Any interested person is invited to attend a meeting with Norm Brown of the Adopt a Tree Program tomorrow (10/12) at 1pm at the park to review the suggested planting layout.






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