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, […]
Times-Herald staff report BENICIA — Two local eighth graders won iPads in an art contest at the city’s third annual Arbor Day Celebration last Saturday. Jonathan Park won first prize in the Benicia Tree Art Challenge for his graphite rendering of trees in City Park. Angela Jennings received second prize for her rendering of a tree […]
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 […]
