Plant trees this Saturday, Oct. 9th!


Photo: Flowering crabapple, one example of the 10 varieties of new trees to be planted by and in the Creative Enterprise Zone to add shade, reduce extreme heat and the urban heat island effect, improve air and water quality, improve public health, and beautify our corner of Saint Paul.

Community Tree Planting Day
Saturday, October 9th
@ Landbridge Ecological, 670 Vandalia Street 
8:00 am - 11:00 am

You don't need to be a tree expert to participate. All ages and abilities are welcome!

Be part of a volunteer crew this Saturday, Oct. 9th between 8:00 am - 11:00 am. We will have trained crew leaders to help volunteers pull the trees from the gravel beds, transport them, and plant them in boulevards.

RSVP to volunteer by emailing Ben Shardlow at benshardlow@gmail.com. 

Volunteers should plan on transporting themselves from the rendezvous point at Landbridge Ecological (670 Vandalia St. behind the building, on Charles St.) to the designated planting sites, which are less than a mile away.

Bring your own work gloves and spade if possible. Extra equipment will be available.

Bonus: Happy Hour Celebration

All tree volunteers and friends are invited to gather at 5:00 pm to celebrate a job well done outside at Bang Brewing (2320 Capp Road), home to one of our 2021 gravel beds.

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The 100 Trees Initiative is a greening effort by the CEZ’s Public Space Committee, under the leadership of volunteer board member Ben Shardlow, and in partnership with the Saint Anthony Park Community Council, Urban Forestry Outreach and Research (UFOR), Transition Town – All St. Anthony Park, Davey Tree Expert Company, Bailey Nurseries, U of MN's Good Neighbor Fund, numerous volunteers and advisors, and our gravel bed host sites Landbridge Ecological, Spot Weld and Exeter Group, Deneen Pottery and Bang Brewing. 


SPECIAL THANKS to the Saint Anthony Park Community Council and the University of Minnesota Good Neighbor Fund for a 2021 grant in support of the 100 Trees Initiative. 

Your donations support the 100 Trees and other greening initiatives. Look for the DONATE button at creativeenterprisezone.org/trees, or donate by mat at the Creative Enterprise Zone 501c3 organization at PO Box 14252, Saint Paul, MN 55114. 




Visual inventories of the tree varieties grown in gravel tree beds in the CEZ this summer.