Please join Benicia’s team of volunteer tree stewards this Saturday from 9 AM to 12 Noon and help us maintain the trees at Benicia High School! No experience necessary – we’ll provide tools and instruction. Bring your own gloves if you have them. All ages welcome – minors must be accompanied by adult. Questions? Call […]
Despite chilly temperatures and rain that let up just hours before the event, dozens of volunteers turned out to help Benicia Tree Foundation and local Boy Scouts in transforming the Benicia Armory grounds on Saturday, December 7th, 2013. Working alongside the soldiers of the 749th CSSB, volunteers helped to plant trees and native plants. With […]
Join us the morning of Saturday, June 22nd to help with weeding, pruning and staking our two year old urban forest at Benicia High School! Register online through our webform or email info@beniciatrees.org More BTF in the News Volunteer tree maintenance Day! [Edit] August Tree Care Day at BSRA [Edit] Caltrans Approves Adopt-a-Highway Tree Permit […]
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 […]
