EIGHTEEN CITY-OWNED tulip trees along Chelsea Hills and Panorama drives were destroyed over the weekend. “It wasn’t some random act,” Mario Giuliani said. Estimated $3,700 in damage after weekend vandalism By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter Eighteen tulip trees planted last fall with the help of students were killed and two ballfields were damaged by a motorist in […]
By Tony Burchyns/Times-Herald BENICIA — Elected officials are set to name the city’s first “heritage tree” — a venerable coastal live oak with a leafy canopy stretching about 100 feet from end to end. If approved, the tree would get a plaque and it would be protected from being chopped down without going through a […]
By Donna Beth Weilenman Staff Reporter for the Benicia Herald The International Society of Arborculture is hoping many Californians will plant a tree between Monday and March 14. Those days are designated California Arbor Week, said Stephanie Bolmer, communications coordinator for the group. “Everyone grab a shovel and get ready to plant a tree,” she said. But […]
It seems like everyone wants to lead a “greener” lifestyle these days, except those in denial about global warming. Riding a bike is a green form of exercise, since you are not consuming power from the electrical grid, or burning fossil fuels. Compared with some forms of recreation, it is downright energy efficient. Walking or […]
Source: Benicia Herald VOLUNTEERS — including Larry Lamoreux, above, and Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson, bottom (with Steve Goetz) — took advantage of good weather Saturday to prepare the ground at Benicia High School for the planting of 80 trees, the result of a collaboration between the Benicia Unified School District, Benicia Tree Foundation and the California […]
A Tree Tour of Benicia by Bicycle will be held Saturday, March 5th, 2011. Bring your bike and meet Ed Brennan, tour leader, at the corner of 1st and B Streets at 10:00 am sharp. The Bicycle Tree Tour is hosted by the Benicia Tree Foundation and led by Benicia resident Ed Brennan, Consulting Arborist […]
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter, The Benicia Herald By the end of April, Benicia High School will have 80 new trees on its campus, said Wolfram Alderson, executive director of the Benicia Tree Foundation. And the first step toward the tree planting happens Saturday. The trees are coming through […]
The Benicia Tree Foundation’s efforts to establish the first heritage tree in Benicia were recognized on the California ReLeaf web site. Click here to view the article. More BTF in the News Benicia’s First Heritage Tree [Edit] August Tree Care Day at BSRA [Edit] Caltrans Approves Adopt-a-Highway Tree Permit [Edit] Second Saturday Tree Care Day […]
By Tony Burchyns, Times Herald BENICIA — Five summers ago the removal of trees from Benicia High School caused a local controversy. Now the school is welcoming the arrival of 80 new trees — nearly three times the number chopped down around the ball fields in 2006 due to disease or roots deemed too near […]
