Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Love Trees? We’ve Got Options for You!

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Did you know that fruit trees, and many other species are beneficial pollinators? The Minneapolis Park Board Forestry Department is one of our partners on our pollinator pathway program and is planting over 400 trees through the neighborhoods of Lyndale, Kingfield, and Tangletown! They need all of our help to keep these young trees alive, the first three years of root development and consistent watering are critical for a trees survival, especially those growing out on our boulevards. If you have a new tree in front of your home please take the pledge to water it weekly—one hour at the base of the tree with your hose is all it needs for a strong start.

Mark your calendar for the weekly water date (any consistent day of the week that works for you will be fine with your new boulevard-bound friend!) and help Kingfield stay green!

Pollinator Pathway Planning Team Forming

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The South Nicollet Corridor (encompassing the neighborhoods of Lyndale, Kingfield and Tangletown) was just awarded a grant from the MN Board of Soil and Water Resources to plant at Pollinator Pathway through our neighborhoods!

Kingfield will be creating a small planning to team to organize participants in our neighborhood, and representatives from this team with work with the other neighborhoods to help define the program parameters and the timeline. If you are interested in being a part of this work please contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson at before April 30th.  The expected timeline for the program is May-October 2022.

It’s Been 2 Years of COVID and Finally We’re Back in Print! 

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The South Nicollet News  is a monthly single-page insert of the Lyndale & Kingfield Neighborhood Associations shared with neighbors via the bi-monthly SW Connector. Check the April 21st edition for the first edition, with news in English and Spanish about happneings up and down the corridor! You can also view the full edition here!

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Be sure to check every issue of the Connector for stories and actions from neighborhood leaders regarding local issues and opportunities.

Questions on happenings should be directed to .

Kingfield Community Sap Tap; Shared Maple Sap Collection, Boiling, & Finished Product

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March 19—stay tuned for details but get your sap collection kit now…just a few remaining!

For $20, residents will get a kit that can be used to tap sap from any privately owned tree in the maple family (including box elders). Register at https://apm.activecommunities.com/minneapolisparks/Activity_Search/123174

Are you a repeat Tapper with your own kit? Register to participate in the boil for only $10! Register here: https://apm.activecommunities.com/minneapolisparks/Activity_Search/123175

The all-day boil-downs are an opportunity to bond with other neighborhood residents and learn more about how sap is turned into syrup.

Register and pick up a Tree Tapping Kit from the front desk of MLK Park. (Note, trees must be larger than 10 inches in diameter). Kit includes spline(s), tubing, 5 gallon food grade collection bucket, and how-to instructions. Participants will be able to sign up for a shift of syrup making, and will get to take a jar of syrup home with them too! A program of the Kingfield Neighborhood Association and MLK Park.

Upon registration for this program, participants agree to adhere to the current Minnesota state face covering mandate. (Face covering exceptions may apply to certain MPRB activities.) Failure to comply will result in removal from the program.

Tree Pruning for Fruit Production

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A hands-on workshop with the U of M Department of Urban & Community Forestry and the MPLS Park & Rec Forestry Department

October 10, 1-4 PM

Space is limited to 15 attendees. A commitment to caring for and maintaining our urban community orchard in MLK Park throughout 2022 is required and this work is expected to take about 20 hours per person.

Register here!

Spend an afternoon with Eric North, Assistant Professor of Urban and Community Forestry at the U of M and in partnership with the Minneapolis Park Board Forestry Department, learning how to prune a variety of fruit trees to increase production. The goal of this workshop is to form and educate a team of Kingfield neighbors in the planting, maintenance, harvesting, and decisions involved in caring for and nurturing our urban orchard which currently includes 4 pear, 3 sour cherry, 3 plum, 6 apple, and a handful of service berry trees (and more planned to be added next spring!) [Read more…]