Benicia Tree Foundation trains volunteers on proper tree planting technique. If you have not been to our training, you can learn some basic steps from the UC Master Gardeners of Solano County. They issue a weekly email called Under the Solano Sun, which features horticultural news and articles relevant to Solano County. Their August 28th email […]
Tree Maintenance at Benicia State Park. The Benicia Tree Foundation's Third Thursday Tree Care Day in August included a tree pruning clinic at the Benicia State Recreation Area in cooperation with the State Parks' Volunteers in Park Program and the Benicia State Parks Association. Volunteers were trained in how to prune coast live oaks. Twelve […]
Do we need more trees in parks and open spaces, and along trails? Community members can declare their support for tree planting in an online survey for the Parks Master Plan Update. The survey was recently posted by the City of Benicia on the project's website, lovebeniciaparks.org. Residents are asked how they use our parks […]
Benicia Tree Foundation is an Adopt-a-Highway Sponsor for I-780. In July, the Benicia Tree Foundation received approval from Caltrans to maintain trees at the Military West westbound offramp to the I-780 freeway in Benicia. The Benicia Tree Foundation planted 22 trees inside the loop of this offramp last November as part of a joint project […]
A local arborist provides advice on how to water a mature tree during a drought. With drought declared for the western U.S., Traverso Tree Service in Martinez developed some suggestions to consider if you have a large tree in your yard. This advice is particularly important if you have a lawn tree and you decide […]
Tree planting campaigns often fall short of their goals. Bloomberg CityLab offers this article evaluating the outcomes of several municipal tree planting campaigns. Why some work and some don't. Click here to read more. Above: Photo by Hamilton Conservation Authority, licensed under CC BY 2.0.
A mass tree die back has spread into the East Bay and Peninsula recently, killing native and non-native trees. Though plants of all kinds in California are showing the stress of an extremely dry winter, in at least one tree species, the blackwood acacia, the dieback seems to be the work of fungal pathogens, said […]
A local arborist provides advice on what to do if you find mistletoe growing in your tree. Traverso Tree Service in Martinez developed a pamphlet on things to consider when you observe mistletoe growing in your tree. Once mistletoe infests your tree, you can't eradicate it, but you can control it. Trees with extensive infestations […]
Volunteers maintained trees at three project sites. The Second Saturday Tree Care Day in May was used to maintain trees planted at Benicia State Recreation Area, Mary E. Farmar Elementary School, and Joe Henderson Elementary School. All the sites were relatively small, but spread out. BSRA had three separate groups of trees, the Mary Farmar […]
