By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter Some Benicia Girl Scouts are hoping residents with overloaded fruit trees will be willing to share their bounty. The girls are offering to pick the extra fruit for donation to the Community Action Council. Girl Scout Troop 20634, made up of 10 fifth-grade girls, has chosen the project in hopes […]
By Tony Burchyns / Times-Herald The city’s Arbor Day Celebration returns Saturday with more than twice the number of vendors than last year’s event, organizers said. The third-annual free event is packed with activities meant to spur interest in supporting trees. To drum up interest, organizers for the second year will award iPads to students […]
Benicia Arbor Week includes Tree City ceremony, study of inventory, master plan By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter for the Benicia Herald In events that begin Tuesday with looks at the city’s tree inventory and its tree master plan, residents and officials alike will celebrate trees during Benicia Arbor Week. Activities this week include posting a […]
WHEREAS, in 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees; and WHEREAS, the holiday called Arbor Day was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska; and WHEREAS, Arbor Day is now observed at various […]
“Our Community, Our Trees” Will Be Biggest Ever The list of twenty-two participants in Benicia’s Third Annual Arbor Day Celebration to be held Saturday, October 15, 2011, 10am to 2pm, in Benicia City Park is more than twice the number that participated in last year’s event, reflecting a growing interest in supporting trees and community […]
Benicia Tree Foundation held a tree planting in the Community Park on Thursday, October 13th, with the very motivated Cub Scout Pack 108 taking the lead. Pack leader Jeff Conner was there with Gretchen Burgess and many other Cub Scout Parents to support and witness the scouts plant a 24” box Strawberry (Arbutus) Tree near […]
Dear Editor: No tree lover likes to see trees cut down. Unfortunately, in many urban environments, trees often become subjects of controversy in contested spaces, both public and private. Trees in cities are often at risk of removal, or damage from the vicissitudes of urban life. The Mission of the Benicia Tree Foundation is to […]
NO TREE LOVER likes to see trees cut down. Unfortunately, in many urban environments, trees often become subjects of controversy in contested spaces, both public and private. Trees in cities are often at risk of removal, or damage from the vicissitudes of urban life. The mission of the Benicia Tree Foundation is to strengthen community […]
BENICIA — Students here have a shot at winning an iPad in two tree-related contests tied to the city’s Arbor Day celebration next month, organizers have announced. The 2011 Tree Art and Science Challenge is open to students in grades five through 12 residing and attending schools in Benicia. To win the art challenge, students […]
