Restore a street tree pit.

The street tree pits along the public right-of-way in Long Beach, CA are compacted, weed-choked, and littered, slowly stressing the shade canopy. Restoring a pit gives the tree room to thrive.

Where

First Congregational Church · Long Beach, CA (public right-of-way, exact site not yet named) · Open the map

Pay

$160 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash — recorded, and readable any time at vealth.net/labor/credit/(your wallet). You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

before/after photo pairs per pit + watering log + GPS

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-09-30

Posted by

0x034F…6c89

The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. Photograph each pit as found; note compaction, trash, girdling material and buried flares.
2. Clear trash and weeds by hand; free girdling material that lifts away without cutting bark.
3. Hand-fork the top 2–3 inches around roots (never cut); expose the trunk flare.
4. Lay a 3-inch mulch ring clear of the trunk and water thoroughly.
5. Photograph finished pits from matching vantage.

What counts as done

• Before photo of each pit
• After photo from matching vantage
• Watering log + count of pits restored

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Street Tree Pit Restoration. A street tree lives its whole life in a few square feet of ground, and that small square decides everything. Tree pit restoration is the young-tree care the arborists' standards prescribe: loosen the trampled soil, clear the trash and the weeds, lay mulch like a blanket but keep it off the bark, check the trunk for wounds and forgotten ties. Mastery looks like a block where every young tree is visibly thriving. This packet is one pit brought back properly. A city's canopy is grown one small square at a time.