June 30, 2006

Over 25 volunteers from the summer FIU Upward Bound program came to participate in the maintenance of Citizens' native plant nursery and demonstration garden. Volunteers learned to identify native plants, problematic invasive exotic plants, and worked in plant propogation in the nursery. Another 25 volunteers planted trees for the elderly and handicapped in the Roads neighborhood and staked, mulched, and fertilized over 100 trees stretching three miles along US1, from Douglas Road (37 Ave) to the Vizcaya metrorail stop. This workday completed a series of four Citizens-sponsored environmental projects taken on by high school students enrolled in the Upward Bound program.

Funded by The Florida Division of Forestry, Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management, Miami-Dade County Water & Sewer, Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste, the South Florida Water Management District