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Plant 3,700 native trees around the Lotus hillside in Austin
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Lotus hillside needs $2,400 for saplings and equipment.
🇺🇸 78764, Austin, Texas, United States235 views
The Lotus hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 46 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 129 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 $2,400 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $260
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,800
• Waste removal and skip hire: $340
Every share and every dollar helps.
Updates from Noah
Update from Austin: I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. We're at 6% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Update from Austin: the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled. We're at 5% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
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