Providence Neighborhood Planting Program

Another planting day in the books! This past Saturday, we focused on the West End and Broad Street in partnership with . The rain held off until we were done, and then gently showered the new trees to help them get established. 🌧️

Thanks to and Canopy Crew for your help!

Want to get in on the planting fun? You have one last chance for the season! This upcoming Saturday, we'll be planting in the Blackstone and Mt Hope neighborhoods, and then helping with planting their super exciting microforest at Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex (JSEC) on the South Side.

👉 www.pnpp.org/volunteer to find out more and sign up as a volunteer!

What an amazing planting season it’s been so far! A few highlights:

🌳Earth Day Planting and TreeLC at 195 District Park with Partnership for Providence Parks, Santander Bank, Providence Parks Department and Groundwork Rhode Island's Green Team.
🌳Planting with neighbors and new friends in Federal Hill, Mt Pleasant and the North End.
🌳Our Arbor Day celebration at Narducci Learning Center with help from Providence Urban Wildlife Conservation Partnership, , , Providence Schools, JWU Providence ECO, , and even more help from Groundwork RI's Green Team. We planted 23 new trees around the schoolyard and we're planting more today!

Want to help grow our urban forest? We’re looking for volunteers tomorrow, Saturday, May 2 and again next Saturday, May 9 as well. Check out the schedule and sign up at pnpp.org/volunteer. 💪🌱

PNPP will be leading a Jane's Walk this year! This weekend of "walking conversations" is named after legendary urbanist Jane Jacobs and invites neighbors to observe, reflect upon, and discuss the built environment around them. You can check out the whole schedule at https://ppsri.org/events/janes-walk-providence-an-annual-festival-of-free-resident-led-walking-conversations/

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Trees in the City: How We Experience Providence’s Urban Forest

How do we experience trees in our city? How does the presence or absence of trees impact our lives and experiences as residents? Urban trees are critical community infrastructure. They play a key role in addressing the compounding impacts of the climate crisis in our cities and protecting the health of our ecosystem and its inhabitants: cooling and cleaning our air and water, mitigating flooding, offering beauty and food, bringing us joy, contributing to placemaking, creating spaces for community gathering.

But how do trees fit into a dense, post industrial New England city like Providence, with so many competing elements and needs? What does it look like to preserve or plant new trees in city like ours? We know that trees and the benefits they offer are not evenly distributed across our communities. Why? What are the barriers to addressing this inequity and increasing tree canopy citywide?

Walk some city streets with us, paying attention to where we do and don’t see trees, what that looks and feels like, and observing how trees fit in and around the built environment.

📍Meeting Location: North side of Dexter Park, adjacent to Hollywood Road, at the base of the Ebenezer Knight Dexter statue
🕜 Sunday, May 3, 1:30pm
🌱 Registration: None required, just show up!