It may be hard to tell during the fall, but maybe you noticed earlier this year, on the ground beneath your tree, short sections of branches covered in green leaves. You could have tree squirrels. Click here to read more about what this means and what you might want to do about it.
Ten trees were planted and mulched by over 30 volunteers who attended the Benicia Arbor Day event at Duncan Graham Park on October 8. This annual event was sponsored by the City of Benicia and the Benicia Tree Foundation to help maintain Benicia’s Tree City USA designation from the National Arbor Day Foundation. Volunteers arrived […]
This week volunteers began collecting acorns for planting this fall/winter. Collecting occurred in the open space behind behind Benicia. Valley oaks were producing. Blue oaks, unfortunately, were not producing a crop this year (that we could tell). Acorn collection from Live oaks will begin next month. Our acorn collection supports a joint effort with the […]
Benicia Tree Foundation organized a tree care day on August 9 at our Lake Herman Open Space project for 16 volunteers from the Valero Benicia Refinery . It was a beautiful day to be at the lake. Most of the volunteers were college interns working at the refinery during the summer. Tasks involved checking cages […]
If you stopped watering your lawn to conserve water, please consider watering any trees that may be growing in or near the lawn; the tree’s survival may depend on it. Click here for some advice on watering trees during drought conditions. Photo credit, Tracey Adams CCby2.0.
