When Do We Plant?We plant Saturday mornings, 9 am to 1 pm, November through June, and occasionally on other days or times.
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Volunteer to Plant With Us!![]() Get the latest info on our volunteer events and sign up to plant with us on our Meetup page https://www.meetup.com/Trees-for-Oakland/
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How Do We Plant Our Trees?
There are many ways one can plant a tree. This is the way that we do it. (Download full guide here).
We aim to place 2-3 people per tree.
We aim to place 2-3 people per tree.
Tools & Materials:
Digging Tools:
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Steel Staking System (Option A):
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Step 1 - Prepare the hole:
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Step 2 - Prepare the tree for planting:
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Step 3 - Plant the tree:
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Step 4 - Add a stake:
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Step 5 - Add top dressings:
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Step 7 - Clean up!
- For pedestrian safety, the height of the material in the planting strip should be level with the surrounding pavement.
- Back-fill the opened ground with soil or mulch until it is flush with the walkway.
- Back-fill the opened ground with soil or mulch until it is flush with the walkway.
- Return all nursery pots, as well as the tarp, tools, picked-up trash, etc. to the truck to return to headquarters.
- Nothing should remain at the site except the newly planted tree - staked, composted, mulched, and watered.
- Sweep the sidewalk of any residual soil.
- Sweep soil onto the planting strip, not the gutter or street.
- A square-nosed shovel is good for scraping soil off the sidewalk, followed by the broom for a final clean-up.
- Sweep soil onto the planting strip, not the gutter or street.
Step 8 - Take a picture!
Celebrate all of your hard work with a picture! Please send it to us so we can share it with the world that you just helped make Oakland a little greener and a little cleaner. ;)