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Plant 3,050 native trees around the Lotus canal in Montgomery

Volunteers are restoring the Lotus canal in Montgomery; $1,900 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Samantha E. Butler
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The Lotus canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 62 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 173 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $1,900 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,500 • Waste removal and skip hire: $250 • Signage and educational materials: $150 If you're reading this, thank you.
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  • Sérgio Leandro Carvalho

    thanks for sharing this. More neighborhoods should do this. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Take care

    • Yodit Lemlem Tesfaye

      hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Montgomery.

      • Tadesse Biniam Tilahun

        Thinking of you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best.

        • Radha C. Kapoor

          Thinking of you. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Kinondoni.

          • Benjamin H. Bowers

            take care, Samantha. Great idea, hope you get there

            • Jonathan A. Curtis

              Praying for you, Samantha. I hope things turn around soon. Take care

              • Dayo Dayo Uzor

                Take care, Samantha. Shared it with a few friends. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.

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