300 trees to be planted in Allied Gardens East in June 2022
In a partnership with San Diego Gas & Electric and the City of San Diego, hundreds of trees were planted between Marvin Elementary School and Lewis Middle School. The trees include
Hong Kong Orchid Trees
Trumpet Trees
Crape Myrtle Trees
Chinese Pistache Trees
and Gold Medallion Trees among others
These trees have been carefully selected to fit the climate and space, as well as being drought tolerant and non-invasive. Each tree will be watered by the City of San Diego for 3 years to help get them established and encourage a healthy start.
For more information about this project, click on the link below:
Tree Project Information
Hong Kong Orchid Trees
Trumpet Trees
Crape Myrtle Trees
Chinese Pistache Trees
and Gold Medallion Trees among others
These trees have been carefully selected to fit the climate and space, as well as being drought tolerant and non-invasive. Each tree will be watered by the City of San Diego for 3 years to help get them established and encourage a healthy start.
For more information about this project, click on the link below:
Tree Project Information
Project Background
In 2018, AGGCC, local volunteers and the City of San Diego partnered together to plant trees for the Zion Ave Tree Project Over 60 Jacaranda trees (the official tree of San Diego) were planted and are currently being watered and cared for by local residents and a team of volunteers. Most of the trees are continuing to do well, and in a few years will begin to form a beautiful canopy over one of the busiest streets in our neighborhood.
We are in the planning stages now for a much larger planting project - Revitalizing the urban forest in a portion of "Allied Gardens East." By partnering with the City, AGGCC and local residents, a team of arborists, and a major benefactor - our goal is to plant over 500 trees. Our plan is to work with local residents to water these newly planted trees as part of their landscaping. Free tree plantings will be offered in the planting strip in front of people's homes and the front yard, with the additional option of a free tree delivered for the homeowner to plant in their backyard. And to be clear - we want to work with residents to plant the trees. IF for some reason the resident does not want any trees planted - we will not plant that location.
While we are still in the planning stages for this very exciting project, we want to get the word out to local residents. Much more information will be coming in the next weeks/months as we target Fall 2021 for the majority of the planting to take place. For now - Here is some information on the project.
In 2018, AGGCC, local volunteers and the City of San Diego partnered together to plant trees for the Zion Ave Tree Project Over 60 Jacaranda trees (the official tree of San Diego) were planted and are currently being watered and cared for by local residents and a team of volunteers. Most of the trees are continuing to do well, and in a few years will begin to form a beautiful canopy over one of the busiest streets in our neighborhood.
We are in the planning stages now for a much larger planting project - Revitalizing the urban forest in a portion of "Allied Gardens East." By partnering with the City, AGGCC and local residents, a team of arborists, and a major benefactor - our goal is to plant over 500 trees. Our plan is to work with local residents to water these newly planted trees as part of their landscaping. Free tree plantings will be offered in the planting strip in front of people's homes and the front yard, with the additional option of a free tree delivered for the homeowner to plant in their backyard. And to be clear - we want to work with residents to plant the trees. IF for some reason the resident does not want any trees planted - we will not plant that location.
While we are still in the planning stages for this very exciting project, we want to get the word out to local residents. Much more information will be coming in the next weeks/months as we target Fall 2021 for the majority of the planting to take place. For now - Here is some information on the project.
- Why are you doing this?
- Because we love this community! When Allied Gardens was first constructed there were trees in front of all the houses. We want to restore our urban forest, bringing back the benefits to our community.
- Where are you doing this?
- We are concentrating our efforts on the neighborhood immediately adjacent to Marvin Elementary
- We are also aiming to fill in the spaces where available along Waring Rd, from Navajo to Zion
- A final planting goal is to plant along Glenroy from Princess View to the Benjamin Library. This will help make the walk to Lewis Middle School more pleasant for our students.
- Why Trees?
- Trees provide numerous benefits to the community. The "Urban Forest" helps to:
- Beautify the community - Trees are just nice to look at.
- Increase property values - Trees are proven to increase property values by 10% or more
- Calm Traffic - Tree lined streets have been shown to reduce vehicle speeds
- Cool the Community - Trees provide shade, reducing ambient temperature in the summer
- Plus many more benefits!
- Trees provide numerous benefits to the community. The "Urban Forest" helps to:
- What if I do not want a tree?
- No problem! We only want to plant trees where they will be accepted by the resident!
- I had a tree and it tore up my sidewalk. Why would I want another one?
- A LOT of lessons have been learned in urban forestry since the construction of Allied Gardens. One of those is what types of trees are appropriate for certain areas - and more importantly which ones are not appropriate.
- The tree species selected for this project (5-6 different types) will be appropriate for the planting space to avoid infrastructure conflicts.
- When will this happen?
- For residents in the project area, expect initial outreach in the next few weeks.
- Tree plantings are targeted for fall 2021 - Fall is one of the best times to plant trees in our community
- What if I want a tree, but am not in the project area?
- There are additional options to have the City plant a tree. Go to sandiego.gov/trees to request a free tree be planted in the strip between the sidewalk and the street.
- We are also working on potential tree distributions for homeowners to plant outside the project area.
- For questions contact:
Project Boundary Map
The red lines are streets where additional trees will be added
- We are also aiming to fill in the spaces where available along Waring Rd, from Navajo to Zion
- A final planting goal is to plant along Glenroy from Princess View to the Benjamin Library. This will help make the walk to Lewis Middle School more pleasant for our students.
