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Current initiatives to keep Fulton green:
Rainwater Management
- So you’d like to plant a rain garden…
- Learn how to direct your gutters away from hard surfaces and retain rainwater on your property
- FNA/MCWD grant program for rainwater management. Watch here for details of a new program to be announced in 2010.
- Learn how to make a rain barrel
- Other resources: This list was compiled by Fulton’s volunteers. The companies listed are in no way endorsed or specifically recommended by the Fulton Neighborhood Association (FNA).
- Applied Ecological Services
- Rain Gardens – Gardening with Water Quality in Mind
- Wild Ones
- Metro Blooms
Maintaining Our Urban Forest
- Tree care tips from the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB)
- How to make a slow drain bucket to water your tree
- In the spring of 2010, the Fulton Environment Committee partnered with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to remove over 65 boulevard stumps in the neighborhood. The Park Board will be planting 50 new boulevard trees this spring. Most of the trees will be maples, but the Forestry crew will also plant Japanese tree lilac, disease-resistant elm, honey locust, hackberry, river birch and gingko. If you’d like a new boulevard tree next spring, call the MPRB to request a tree at 612-370-4900.
Fulton Plant Sale – June 3, 4, 5, 2011
- Always the same weekend as the Edina Art Fair
- Proceeds from our annual plant sale each year are set aside to plant additional boulevard trees in Fulton neighborhood.
- To donate plants for the sale or to volunteer to organize, set up or staff the plant sale, contact Mary at 612-922-1591 or e-mail environment@fultonneighborhood.org.
Dutch Elm Disease prevention
- Discounts for inoculation of your elms against Dutch Elm disease are available from Rainbow Tree Care. Contact Scott Henke at 952-922-3810.
Past Projects
The Fulton Environment Committee has been implementing Phase II Environment programs since 2004, working to protect and preserve the neighborhood’s natural resources, including:
- Rainwater management workshops
- “How to Build Your Own Rain Barrel” workshop
- Storm Drain Stenciling
- Earth Day Clean-Up events
- Buckthorn Removal – “Buckthorn Busts”
- Tree care workshop
- Mulching young trees in the neighborhood
Questions?
We want to be a resource for questions about the environment. Feel free to contact us at environment@fultonneighborhood.org or call 612-922-1591.
Join Us
Join the Fulton Environment Committee. We typically meet the 4th Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at Pershing Park, but please contact us at environment@fultonneighborhood.org or call 612-922-3106 before you come in case the location of the meeting has changed (we sometimes meet to work on projects, so may be out “in the field.”)
Want more information?
Contact Rhea Sullivan, the FNA Coordinator, to find out how you can get involved.