Keeping the Wood in Southwood Park
Hey neighbors, just checking in with a few things regarding our tree canopy!
TREE CARE
Did you know that trees still need support for 3 years after being planted? If you’ve gotten a tree from us in the past couple of years, please consider taking a peek at this amazing guide from the Sacramento Tree Foundation. The drip irrigation buckets they mention are very easy to make. Here is a good YouTube tutorial. I have extra tubing and drippers leftover after making mine. So if you want to do this project, let me know, you’ll just need to provide a 5 gallon bucket!
2026 TREE CANOPY BUDGET
Over the past few years, we’ve made an intentional effort to fill the gaps in our tree canopy and keep on top of succession planting. After dozens of volunteer hours and thousands of grant and neighborhood dollars, our 2026 planting planting list won’t exhaust what we had budgeted for tree investment this year. If you are interested in a street tree, please let us know as soon as possible. To view planting locations over the years and the proposed locations for 2026, you can see them here.
To take things a step further, we’re offering residents up to a $100 reimbursement for trees planted ANYWHERE on their property. Just send us your information and a photo of your freshly planted tree and receipt , we’ll take take care of the rest!
2026 STREET TREE PLANTING LIST
As of today, this is the list of possible street tree locations that we will be submitting to the City of Fort Wayne. Some of these locations have been applied for in previous application years (indicated by a year in parentheses) and may have been assessed as unsuitable for planting. We will resubmit these again this year just in case circumstances or tree availability has changed. If you’d like your address removed from this list, please reach out to us as soon as possible.
4529 S Wayne Ave
4530 Arlington Ave (side)
4601 Indiana Ave (side)
4605 Crestwood Dr (2024)
4605 Indiana Ave
4609 S Wayne Ave (2023)
4628 Beaver Ave (Sherwood Side)
4630 S Wayne Ave
4701 Arlington Avenue
4701 Old Mill Rd
4704 Beaver Ave (side)
4709 Arlington Avenue
4709 Beaver Ave
4717 Old Mill Road - 3
4720 Crestwood Dr - 2 in Side Yard
4721 Arlington Ave
4725 Stratford Rd - Side Road
4727 Old Mill Rd
4801 Stratford Rd
4810 S Wayne Ave
4823 Stratford Rd
4835 Old Mill Rd
4839 Old Mill Rd
711 W Foster Pkwy
715 W Foster Pkwy
812 W Branning Ave
926 Pasadena Dr
931 Pasadena Dr (2024)
1001 Maxine Dr
1012 Prange Dr (Beaver Side) (2023)
1021 Maxine Dr
1038 Maxine Dr
1111 Lexington Ave
1117 Lexington Ave
1134 Lexington Ave
1141 Lexington Ave
1210 Korte Ln - 2
1310 W Sherwood Terrace
1328 Sunset Dr (2024)
1345 W Sherwood Terrace - 2
3935 Indiana Ave
4109 Tacoma Ave
4217 Tacoma Ave
4223 Tacoma Ave
4230 Indiana Ave
4233 Beaver Ave
4315 Pembroke Ln (2024)
4321 Tacoma Ave
4322 Tacoma Ave
4337 Drury Ln (2024)
4343 Drury Ln
4407 Indiana Ave (2024)
4411 Beaver Ave (2024)
4414 Beaver Ave (2023)
4415 Pembroke Ln
4520 Beaver Ave
4526 Arlington Ave
TREE MERCH
Proceeds from our Keep the Wood in Southwood Park merch gets earmarked for tree canopy investments! While you’re there, please consider buying a Hate Has No Home Here yard sign. We are just 250 away from being able to make donations to Amani Family Services and the Fort Wayne Urban League. Delivery to the greater Fort Wayne area is free. Remember, you can get one without our neighborhood logo on it.
