Benicia Tree Foundation in the News
Volunteer tree maintenance Day!
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 […]
Free Pruning and Tree Maintenance Workshop!
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 […]
2012 Tree Planting Season In Benicia Starts With Two Volunteer Events in January
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, […]
Cub Scout Pack 108 Leads Tree Planting Event
Benicia Tree Foundation held a tree planting in the Community Park on Thursday, October 13th, with the very motivated Cub Scout Pack 108 taking the lead. Pack leader Jeff Conner was there with Gretchen Burgess and many other Cub Scout Parents to support and witness the scouts plant a 24” box Strawberry (Arbutus) Tree near […]
Letter to the Editor: Tree Foundation Weighs in on Tree Removal
Dear Editor: No tree lover likes to see trees cut down. Unfortunately, in many urban environments, trees often become subjects of controversy in contested spaces, both public and private. Trees in cities are often at risk of removal, or damage from the vicissitudes of urban life. The Mission of the Benicia Tree Foundation is to […]
Volunteers needed for Benicia tree planting effort
BENICIA — Volunteers are being sought to support a major tree-planting effort at Benicia High School on Friday, the Benicia Tree Foundation has announced. The workday will involve staking, digging irrigation trenches and watering trees planted earlier this year by students and community members. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon. Read […]
Foundation sets leafy goal for 2012
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter for the Benicia Herald The Benicia Tree Foundation aims to plant 1,000 trees in Benicia by the end of 2012, said Wolfram Alderson, executive director. “We’re just getting started,” Alderson said of the project to increase what he called Benicia’s urban forest. “We’re close to 10 percent of the goal.” The […]
Benicia roots for big turnout for heritage tree photo Saturday
BENICIA — Say trees! Err, “cheese.” Tree advocates are snapping a picture of the city’s first heritage tree on Saturday, and residents are invited to crowd into the shot, the Benicia Tree Foundation says. “Honoring this tree and recording the moment will take no more time than posting your status on Facebook, but carry far […]
First Heritage Tree in Benicia Celebrated with a Photo Opportunity Open to the Entire Community
Benicians were invited to honor and celebrate Benicia’s First Heritage Tree with a community-wide photo opportunity that took place on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 9am. Participants were asked to show up at 9am (sharp) at Benicia’s First Heritage Tree which is located in Jensen Park near the intersection of W. 2nd Street and W. […]
Spade to Soil
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 […]
Bicycle Tree Tour Combines Tree Education & Cycling Fun – Led by Benicia Master Arborist & Bicycle Builder
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 […]