Benicia Tree Foundation in the News
Class of 2012 Has Reunion with Trees
Graduates of Henderson Elementary kindergarten class visit trees they planted in 2012. Now they are students at Benicia High, but in 2012 they were all in kindergarten and in one day planted dozens of trees around the Henderson school playfield as a class project. Recently they got a chance to compare their growth with that […]
August Tree Care Day at BSRA
Tree Maintenance at Benicia State Park. The Benicia Tree Foundation’s Third Thursday Tree Care Day in August included a tree pruning clinic at the Benicia State Recreation Area in cooperation with the State Parks’ Volunteers in Park Program and the Benicia State Parks Association. Volunteers were trained in how to prune coast live oaks. Twelve […]
Caltrans Approves Adopt-a-Highway Tree Permit
Benicia Tree Foundation is an Adopt-a-Highway Sponsor for I-780. In July, the Benicia Tree Foundation received approval from Caltrans to maintain trees at the Military West westbound offramp to the I-780 freeway in Benicia. The Benicia Tree Foundation planted 22 trees inside the loop of this offramp last November as part of a joint project […]
Second Saturday Tree Care Day in May was a Buffet
Volunteers maintained trees at three project sites. The Second Saturday Tree Care Day in May was used to maintain trees planted at Benicia State Recreation Area, Mary E. Farmar Elementary School, and Joe Henderson Elementary School. All the sites were relatively small, but spread out. BSRA had three separate groups of trees, the Mary Farmar […]
Trees for Park Master Plan Update
Benicia Tree Foundation asks City to plant more trees in its open spaces. Last month the City of Benicia went public with its update of the 1997 Parks, Trails and Open Space Master Plan. The update of the plan is expected to take about a year. As an initial step, the City asked representatives of […]
Earth Day at Lake Herman Open Space
15 volunteers celebrated Earth Day by watering over 100 acorns and tree saplings. The Benicia Tree Foundation chose the Lake Herman Open Space for this Earth Day event because of our dry winter. Many seeds for native trees were planted the past two winters and need some help to survive our extended dry season. Many […]
Tree Care Days Return to Benicia High School
Thirty three volunteers from Travis Air Force Base participated in the a Second Saturday Tree Care Day at Benicia High School on April 10. This was the first Tree Care Day at the high school since February 2020, before the pandemic. With all these volunteers, we checked on 80 trees around the upper parking lot […]
Tree Pruning Clinic held at Semple Elementary School
Arborists from A-Plus Tree Service trained volunteers in proper tree pruning techniques. A dozen volunteers, including members of Boy Scout Troop 7, attended Benicia Tree Foundation’s Second Saturday Tree Care Day on March 13th which featured a tree pruning clinic at Robert Semple Elementary School. A-Plus Tree Service donated the services of arborists Chad Brey […]
Acorns and Saplings Watered at Lake Herman Open Space
Twelve volunteers gave Mother Nature an assist by watering almost 100 tree sites planted with either acorns or tree saplings. Benicia Tree Foundation typically waters trees the first two years after planting during the dry season to get them established. This is the first year when the trees have been watered during the rainy season […]
Pruning Clinic & Tree Care Day Scheduled
Volunteers are needed to prune and mulch trees planted by students in 2013.
Tree Pruning and Bird Safety
Many Birds Nest between March 1 and August 31. If you are considering pruning a tree, please watch for nesting birds before you start cutting. The Golden Gate Audubon Society has published this link describing how to prune trees while protecting birds. It includes a brochure you can download. A must read if you are […]
Trees Planted at Community Center
Two Crepe myrtle “Twilights” and one Chinese Pistache “Red Push” planted. Seven volunteers attended the Benicia Tree Foundation’s Third Thursday Tree Care Day on February 18 at the Benicia Community Center. The Crepe myrtles were planted by the flag pole and the Red Push was planted in a utility parking area. The trees were donated […]