We're having a "Mulching Party" on the Bee Branch (from Garfield to 24th St) on Saturday, July 17. The trees will celebrate having new, beautiful mulch to help save moisture, keep weeds down and keep them safe from mowers and weed whips. We will provide training to all volunteers to make sure we HELP the trees and don’t HURT them.
For this group, we need about 25 people to work in teams of 2-3 people to shovel mulch into wheel barrows and deliver to the trees in this section of the Bee Branch. We will have piles of mulch on each end. Each tree will get a set amount of mulch. Other teams of "mulchers" will follow to spread the mulch carefully around each tree. We will have training before you begin. We are starting early (8:15am) so we can get ahead of the summer heat.
Please bring a scoop shovel or other kind of shovel and/or a mulch rake, if you have one. We will also have some tools to borrow. (Contact us at dubuquetreesforever@yahoo.com with questions.) Wear sun screen and gloves. Wear clothes that can get dirty!
Meet at the 22 St parking area at 8am. We will provide training before we begin to make sure things are done properly and consistently.
If you haven't signed our waiver yet this year, see attached waiver.. You can either sign and send to dubuquetreesforever@yahoo.com or sign and bring to the event.
