This workshop will be held at Henderson Elementary School, 650 Hastings Drive, Benicia from 9AM to Noon on Saturday, April 27th. Certified Consulting Arborist Ed Brennan will lead us through proper pruning techniques and other tree maintenance skills! Register online through our webform or email info@beniciatrees.org More BTF in the News Free Pruning and Tree […]
Before the gold rush in 1850, Benicia’s hills and flats made for a rather barren landscape. In 1855, humorist George H. Derby, an army Lieutenant, is reported to have liked the people of Benicia, but not the place, as it was not yet paradise due to the lack of trees. The dearth of trees is […]
2012 Annual Green Waste Clean-up The Benicia Fire Department and Allied Waste Disposal, Inc. are hosting the annual citywide green waste and weed abatement clean up program. This annual free program is for Benicia residents who need to clean up their property of weeds and other vegetation. Only green waste/vegetation will be accepted at this […]
City streets can be mean, but somewhere near Brooklyn, a tree grows far better than its country cousins, due to chronically elevated city heat levels, says a new study. The study, just published in the journal Tree Physiology, shows that common native red oak seedlings grow as much as eight times faster in New York’s […]
TREES are on the front lines of our changing climate. And when the oldest trees in the world suddenly start dying, it’s time to pay attention. North America’s ancient alpine bristlecone forests are falling victim to a voracious beetle and an Asian fungus. In Texas, a prolonged drought killed more than five million urban shade […]
Every tree in urban Tennessee provides an estimated $2.25 worth of measurable economic benefits every year. Might not seem like a lot, but with 284 million urban trees in the state, the payoff’s pretty big. Through energy savings, air and water filtering and carbon storage, the urban trees of Tennessee account for more than $638 […]
Joe Henderson Elementary School was the second campus of the Benicia Unified School District to host a tree planting in 2012. The project was inspired by parents and teachers who requested that barren areas on the campus be planted with trees, and was supported by a grant received through California ReLeaf to plant a total […]
The Benicia Tree Foundation (BTF) has partnered with the Benicia Unified School District (BUSD) to garner grants from California ReLeaf to plant 80 trees at Benicia High School (planted in 2011) and another 80 trees (to be planted this year) at Joe Henderson Elementary School. The partnership is built upon volunteer support consisting of students, […]
