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Plant 2,600 native trees around the Pioneer hillside in Manchester
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Pioneer hillside needs $2,500 for saplings and equipment.
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The Pioneer hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 51 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 163 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the district council, including native species selected by a local botanist.
The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade.
All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $2,500 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,350
• Tools and protective gear: $400
• Waste removal and skip hire: $550
• Signage and educational materials: $200
With deep gratitude,
Ruby
Updates from Ruby
Thank you all. We're at 10% now ($250). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled.
Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($150). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. - Ruby
We're at 4% thanks to 3 of you. I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. More news soon.
- Carolina Dantas 🇧🇷 · $100
- Anonymous 🇹🇭 · $20
“All the best. Thought of Ruby all day after reading this. - Khon Kaen”
- Kwaku Vincent Fuseini 🇬🇭 · $25
- Fernanda Lorena Ochoa 🇪🇸 · $10
- Kavitha F. Kumar 🇮🇳 · $10
- Lucie Moulin 🇫🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $20
“Thinking of you. Thought of Ruby all day after reading this. - Angeles”
- Hannah Sophia Schulz 🇩🇪 · $20
- Pieter Van Wyk 🇿🇦 · $10
- Solomon Ayele 🇪🇹 · $20
- Anna W. Green 🇺🇸 · $25
- David Brian Kimani 🇹🇿 · $78
- Ida Marie Thomas 🇩🇪 · $22
- Birgit Lange 🇩🇪 · $5
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Best of luck, Ruby. Hope this works out for you. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Take care.
This could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Riverside