When we bought there were rumors that the main street near us would be undergoing major renovations. A new report came out from the city this month that shows construction is going to begin this summer.; It’ll be awesome for Caesar Chavez to be filled with trees and a median filled with plants.
We’ll be starting our own personal greening a bit sooner. This Sunday we are waking up way too early and planing a tree with the Friends of the Urban Forest (FuF) in front of our house. We are getting a flowering leaf plum; my parents have one in their backyard that I used to climb up and read in.
Our backyard is soon to have trees as well. We’ve already picked up our burgundy plum from the nursery and our persian mulberry came in while we were in Tuscon visiting my brother and his family. As soon as we get an non-rainy day we’ll be putting them in the ground.
And then there is future possibilities that I’m super excited about – FuF has a program that greens sidewalks. I talked to one of their arborists yesterday and she thinks we can get permitted not only for a patch of green on the street side of the sidewalk but also for a little “front yard” directly touching our house. I am thrilled. Even subsidized it won’t be cheap (the permitting fees themselves are hundreds of dollars) but it will be worth it.
This is a very exciting project! Uncle Bob would like to buy a tree for you! (I will explain this later) So maybe we can tree hunt when we are there? Online or is there a great nursery there somewhere