The Benicia Tree Foundation has scheduled Volunteer Tree Care Days for the Second Saturday and Third Thursday of each month, from 9 am to Noon, for 2017. The first Second Saturday event was on January 14 at Joe Henderson Elementary. Over 80 trees were planted on this campus in 2013. Each year we rebuild the […]
The Benicia Tree Foundation has scheduled Volunteer Tree Care Days for the Second Saturday and Third Thursday of each month for the first half of 2017. BTF volunteers will perform light maintenance tasks such as applying mulch and water, and weeding around trees from 9:00 am to Noon. Volunteer Tree Care Days will rotate among […]
Our Third Thursday Volunteer Day in May at the Lake Herman Open Space project site was well attended by Valero employees. They weeded and watered around the nearly 100 native tree saplings that were planted last November. More BTF in the News August Tree Care Day at BSRA [Edit] Caltrans Approves Adopt-a-Highway Tree Permit […]
Benicia Tree Foundation sponsored a tree planting event at Benicia State Recreation Area on December 5. 10 tree seedlings were planted at the main picnic area and adjacent to several parking lots. Some of these trees replaced pine trees that were removed due to disease. All trees were grown from locally collected acorns and buckeye […]
This is one of the drainage washes in the Lake Herman Open Space that was part of the pilot native tree planting project launched in 2014. In 2014, the Benicia Tree Foundation approached the City of Benicia about implementing a recommendation of the 1997 Parks Master Plan to plant native trees in drainage washes of […]
Benicia High School students worked with Benicia Unified School District staff to plant 20 coast live oak seedlings to help buffer the campus from the freeway traffic on I-780. These trees are in addition to 21 trees planted earlier this year in the same area of the campus. More BTF in the News More Trees […]
Benicia Tree Foundation and the Benicia Housing Authority jointly sponsored a tree planting project at the Capitol Heights development. 32 shade trees were planted along Riverhill Drive and Bayview Circle. Members of the nearby Heritage Presbyterian Church and residents volunteered to help plant the trees, with the assistance of maintenance staff from the Benicia Housing […]
In 2014, the Benicia Tree Foundation asked the state rangers at the Benicia State Recreation Area is we could plant trees in the state park and submitted for their review Google aerial maps with locations for about 78 trees. State Parks staff said the General Plan for BSRA had the primary goal to maintain the […]
Save Our Water And Our Trees! Campaign Offers Tips to Help Trees Thrive Benicia Tree Foundation has partnered with California ReLeaf, Save Our Water, and a coalition of urban forest and other concerned organizations to raise awareness on the importance of proper tree care during this historic drought. Save Our Water is California’s official […]
