Victoria Avenue Forever’s Planting Dates are great opportunities to get involved in helping keep Victoria Avenue looking its best. The City of Riverside does day-to-day maintenance on the Avenue, however, there are a number of tasks that do not fall into the normal definition of “maintenance.” This is where VAF steps in and gets involved. Come join us for one of our planting dates. We have master gardeners on hand who will teach you a number of valuable skills, such as selecting and planting rose cuttings, proper pruning techniques, and correct tree planting methods. Victoria Avenue Forever organizes a planting date every month of the year except the months of July and August. We establish where on the Avenue we will work and what we will do based upon priority needs and the time of year. Winter and spring are great times to plant rose cuttings, and we will usually have two dates set aside for this. Fall and spring are good for planting trees and we have already planted hundreds of trees where existing ones have died or in areas where no plantings exist. We also do weeding, pruning, mulch spreading, and other maintenance and improvement tasks. Work sessions are organized for no more than two to three hours in the coolness of the morning. Volunteers are supplied with water, coffee, donuts and other treats. We ask that volunteers bring their own gloves and shovels, but VAF has a limited number of gloves and tools it can loan to anyone without their own equipment.To find out when and where our next planting date is, just click on the highlighted box in the calendar above. Come join us! We’d love to get to know you!

Important Notes:
All work days begin promptly at 9am with instructions for the work to be done, and end before noon.

Volunteers should bring their own gloves and clippers whenever possible as VAF Supplies can be limited.  It's best to wear long sleeves, pants and confortable, closed-toe shoes.

All volunteers are required to sign in upon arival.  Promptness is key since we give detailed instructions on the work to be done at 9am on each work date.

Community service credits for actual time worked are given for participation at VAF work dates.  Please bring your own documentation.

If you know ahead of time that you''l be attending any work date, please let us know if possible.  It helps us make sure that we have enough goodies to go around!  You can email us at: General Information or jenny@victoriaavenue.org.