A Truck for Trees:
Our fall fundraiser to purchase a truck,
or hybrid/electric vehicle, for Tree School!
During this fall season 2022, we are raising funds for a truck, or hybrid/electric vehicle, to enable us to further our mission — to plant and steward inner and outer climate-resilient habitat + the next generation of tree canopy here in Albuquerque.
Why this mission?
- Albuquerque’s urban tree canopy has been dying off steadily, and the next generation of our urban forest is currently being planted. Another forest is emerging, and we are part of this movement!
- Our wildlife family has also been losing habitat at an alarming rate, and we are part of the movement to increase the habitat quilt, one garden at a time.
- Albuquerque is shifting from zone 7a to zone 9a over the next 100 years, so the time is now to help us all make this transition in a grounded and adaptive way, not from a place of fear, but by transforming that fear into joy, generosity, and love.
How will a vehicle help?
We offer Playshops, Mentorship, and Private Sessions, and need transportation for all of these. In addition, we collaborate with local non-profits to install pocket habitats and plant trees, and this vehicle will help us move and groove.
How are we raising funds?
In October, we hosted a raffle and a Playshop, and we had a GoFundMe campaign. The thermometer below shows our complete total thus far including the raffle, Playshop, and GoFundMe.
Raffle Prizes
- A 3-hour Habitat Session with Corva Rose — A private session at your home, including planning/design/consultation, and completing your Backyard Habitat Certification!
- Garden-themed gift box from local luminaries, Flyby Provisions — Includes tea towel, seed bombs, amazing garden snips, and other surprises!
- Healing goat time with Tomlyn and the Herd — Some good, fun healing time with local grounded goatherd and gardener, Tomlyn Foran, and their goat family. The session can include milking or making cheese too if you’d like!
- Montaño Cottonwood print by esteemed local artist, Margy O’Brien — The original purpose of this historical artwork was to raise awareness of the removal of the old cottonwood to make way for the Montano bridge over the river years ago. This is a timeless image of an important period of Albuquerque's history.
- Plants from Plants of the Southwest — We have two prizes: a Super Xeric collection, and a Low-water Fruity collection!
- Hand-made tin milagro from local artists Eileen Vassos Moffett and Kate Brown of Funky Shui Designs — Countless people around Albuquerque and the world have received and been touched by Kate + Eileen's lovely and powerful milagros.
- A 2-hour Tree Planting Session with Rachel Chandler of Nature by Design — Includes planting, composting/mulching, and staking new tree (cost of tree not included).
- A printed and bound copy of the Nature Conservancy’s Climate Ready Trees for the Albuquerque Metro Area — plus a few tree-lover gifts to make you smile.
- More prizes are being added weekly!
FAQs: ~ When is the raffle? The raffle will be held on Saturday, November 5th. We will stream it live on Instagram, and post the winners/prizes in our newsletter the next day. The last day to purchase tickets is Friday, November 4, midnight! Get your tix while the door is open!
- Do I need to be present to win? No
- How will I find out if I win? We’ll call the winners after the draw. If we don’t reach you, we’ll vm + email to let you know and arrange collection of your prize.
Purchase Raffle Tickets
The Raffle is now closed.
You can still support our Truck for Trees fundraiser on our Go Fund Me Page.