Benicia Tree Foundation, in partnership with BUSD and the Semple Parent-Teacher Group has successfully planted 80 trees at Robert Semple Elementary School as part of our Urban Forestry Initiative. Supported by a generous grant from California ReLeaf, BTF volunteers along with parents, teachers and students joined together over a series of volunteer work days planting trees at the Semple campus that will benefit Benicia students for generations to come!
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The Benicia Tree Foundation has organized Tree Care Days to check on how the trees are growing. About 90% of the trees have become established, living on rainfall alone. Many have grown large enough to require some pruning. In 2023, a Boy Scout installed a sign commemorating the tree planting at Semple School as part of his Eagle Scout project.