While surveying tree locations in the Lake Herman Open Space, volunteers found signs of another owl box being occupied by a Barn owl. Owl scat was found beneath a box where none had been found before. This was good news because rodents are still eating trees in the open space. (Note, the top picture is […]
The Benicia Tree Foundation often shares posts from the Solano County Master Gardeners weekly blog “Under the Solano Sun“. This blog recently contained an article on one of our favorite trees for Benicia, Ginkgo biloba, reminding us on this winter day of the beautiful fall color this tree provides. This article also contained a link […]
In 2020, Benicia Tree Foundation co-sponsored its first tree planting on I-780 with the volunteer organization, In Support of Mother Earth, after many years of seeing trees removed from Benicia’s freeways by Caltrans This project was located at the Military West westbound offamp from I-780 (Exit 3B) and was made possible through the Caltrans Adopt-a-Highway […]
November 12th was crisp and clear at 9AM when nine Benicia Tree Foundation volunteers assembled at the entrance to the Community Park service road for a Second Saturday Tree Care Day. They walked 10 minutes to the Lake Herman Open Space project site to check out how the trees survived the summer. Steven Goetz, Benicia […]