Registration is Open for PLAY Boulder’s Tree Tender Training Tuesdays Next Month!
Are you willing and able to help plan and organize tree planting projects in your community? Register to become a trained Tree Tender! Become a neighborhood tree champion!
Photo credit @ The PLAY Boulder Foundation Tree Trust
What are Tree Tender Training Tuesdays?
Tree Tenders are given the tools to plant and care for trees in their own communities. The specialized trainings involve learning all about tree identification, tree biology, debunking common tree myths, tree planting and irrigation, tree care and pruning, and community organizing in this multi-day workshop hosted by the PLAY Boulder Foundation's Tree Trust.
You will be joining a network of tree lovers with the goal of growing the urban tree canopy in the City of Boulder. Plus, all Tree Tenders will receive a tee shirt, field notebook, badge, and certificate, and at the end of the third day, everyone will help plant a tree!
Training Dates:
The first three Tuesdays of March - the 7th, 14th, & 21st from 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. each day. (Food is provided)
Where:
Valmont Bike Park Farmhouse; 3160 Airport Road Boulder, CO 80301 (the white building located in the south end of the Valmont Bike Park parking lot).
Details:
There is a $30 registration fee & limited spaces are available - so sign up early to guarantee your spot!
Registration fee assistance is available upon request; email mike@playboulder.org for more information, or with any other questions.
If you are not able to register for PLAY Boulder’s Spring Cohort due to limited space or scheduling conflicts - worry not, there will be a Fall Cohort as well! The PLAY Boulder Foundation will release more details when they are available.
Interested in finding out more? Check out the PLAY Boulder Foundation’s Tree Trust!
What is the PLAY Boulder Foundation’s Tree Trust?
Photo credit @ The PLAY Boulder Foundation Tree Trust, Tree Tender Trainings
The Tree Trust is a program led by the PLAY Boulder Foundation to work with community members to support trees in Boulder and promote a healthy urban canopy for years to come. The Tree Trust’s goal is to provide citizens with resources to care for their trees, tools to recognize and prevent developing diseases in the area, and the aid to retain and expand a sustainable urban canopy.
Plans are underway to help expand and sustain Boulder’s urban canopy by forming new community partnerships with Cool Boulder and Tree-Plenish. The expansion and preservation of our community’s tree canopy will provide cooling and resilience benefits for years to come. Help out and get involved by becoming a trained Tree Tender in March, or participate in the many tree planting opportunities that will be available in April!
For more resources & to learn why support for this program matters, visit the Tree Trust Blog or sign up for the Tree Trust Newsletter!
For information on becoming a volunteer Tree Tender, visit the Tree Tender Training page!
