Benicia Tree Foundation in the News
Earth Day 2023 at Lake Herman Open Space
Employees from Sutter Health showed up at the Lake Herman Open Space project on April 20 to celebrate Earth Day 2023. These volunteers completed maintenance work on 40 native trees in the 125-tree open space project. Bio-degradable cloth weedblock effectively minimizes weeds around the trees, so a 2ft-square sheet of weedblock was added to trees […]
Annual Report for 2022 Released
The Benicia Tree Foundation Board of Directors has released its Annual Report for 2022. This report describes our accomplishments this past year and our goals for 2023. We would like to thank all the volunteers, donors and supporting organizations that helped us with all that we accomplished in 2022. 2022_annual_report
Owl Boxes in the Open Space
While surveying tree locations in the Lake Herman Open Space, volunteers found signs of another owl box being occupied by a Barn owl. Owl scat was found beneath a box where none had been found before. This was good news because rodents are still eating trees in the open space. (Note, the top picture is […]
Lake Herman Open Space Progress Report
November 12th was crisp and clear at 9AM when nine Benicia Tree Foundation volunteers assembled at the entrance to the Community Park service road for a Second Saturday Tree Care Day. They walked 10 minutes to the Lake Herman Open Space project site to check out how the trees survived the summer. Steven Goetz, Benicia […]
New Trees for Duncan Graham Park on Arbor Day
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 […]