If young trees are “trained” or pruned to promote good structure, they will likely remain servicable in the landscape for more years than trees that have not been so pruned, especially if the training is started early on. Defects can be removed, a single, or dominant leader can be selected, and branches can be well […]
Fourteen volunteers joined Benicia Tree Foundation board members Alison Fleck and Steven Goetz for today’s Tree Care Day at the Lake Herman Open Space project site. The sky was sunny and the breeze kept our volunteers cool. All 67 trees were watered and the last of our vole-proof tree cages were installed. The volunteers included […]
Benicia Tree Foundation's Second Saturday Tree Care Day in July was held at the Benicia State Recreation Area project site. It was a beautiful Saturday morning and all the trees looked in good shape. The last visit to this project site was May 31st. Many thanks to the four volunteers, Sindy, Steve, Sydney and Julie, who […]
The Second Saturday Tree Care Day on June 9th was at the Lake Herman Open Space project site. This is the third dry season since 100 oak and buckeye saplings were planted east of the paved bike trail in November 2015. We were hoping that the saplings could be on their own now after receiving […]
Tree Care Days in May were delayed until the last day of the month, when the Benicia State Recreation Area (BSRA) project site was visited. The previous Tree Care Day at this site was last December, at which time we planted acorns at eight locations where the original trees failed to survive. The Benicia Tree […]
Valero Benicia Refinery’s Local Charitable Giving Program targeted the Benicia Tree Foundation for the first time with a $1,500 donation. “We are grateful not only for this donation, but also for the many volunteer hours contributed by employees of the Valero Benicia Refinery through their participation in our Tree Care Days”, said Benicia Tree Foundation […]
On most second Saturdays of the month, the Benicia Tree Foundation sponsors Tree Care Days from 9 AM to Noon at one of our project sites to check on the trees we have planted and give them a little TLC. In January and February, Tree Care Days were held at the Lake Herman Open Space, […]
The Benicia Tree Foundation would like to thank those who helped make Benicia's 2018 Arbor Day celebration a success. This community tree planting event took place on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Francesca Terrace Park under mostly blue sky. Ten Deodara cedar trees were planted by a group of volunteers that included representatives from Benicia […]
Twelves volunteers spent a few hours on the morning of Saturday, March 10th to give some TLC to the trees planted by the Benicia Tree Foundation at Henderson Elementary School back in 2012. The trees have been living on rainfall alone since 2015, and almost all survived the drought. We try to visit our tree […]
