Benicia Tree Foundation in the News
Benicia Tree Foundation Benefits from Recent Donations
Businesses and individuals are helping Benicia Tree Foundation continue its mission. Benicia Tree Foundation wants to acknowledge the businesses and individuals who made donations to the Foundation in the past month. Solano County Supervisor Monica Brown donated $500. Supervisor Brown’s district includes all of Benicia and she has welcomed volunteers at several of our Tree […]
Benicia Preschool Celebrates Earth Day 2022
Five trees planted at Francesca Terrace Park. The Starlight Montesorri School asked Benicia Tree Foundation for advice on planning an Earth Day celebration suitable for their preschoolers. We connected them to the City Parks and Community Services Department. City staff identified a park that needed more trees and helped select the appropriate tree species. The […]
Native Trees Planted at Offramp in Benicia
The Benicia Tree Foundation plants more trees on the freeway as a tribute to Earth Day. On two Saturdays in April, eleven volunteers planted 21 native trees on the Columbus Parkway eastbound offramp to I-780, opposite the entrance to the Benicia State Recreation Area. Earth Day is not the best time of year to plant […]
2nd Saturday Tree Care Day at Liberty High
Volunteers planted three trees and pruned six. Principal Kimberly Lewis asked Benicia Tree Foundation to assist with planting three trees at Liberty High School to compensate for the planned removal of three Monterey pines from the school entrance on East J Street. The tree planting task was incorporated into a 2nd Saturday Tree Care Day […]
Pottery Project for Trees on May 1
Honor National Arbor Day, learn to make a tree from pottery and support Benicia Tree Foundation. David and Amy Stellato, owners of Happy Life Pottery at 632 First Street in Benicia, want to celebrate National Arbor Day so they have scheduled a pottery class for a tree project on May 1 and all profits from […]
Freeway Tree Planting for Earth Day
The Benicia Tree Foundation has obtained permit from Caltrans to plant trees at a major freeway interchange in Benicia. 27 native trees will be planted at the Columbus Parkway eastbound offramp from I-780 in honor of Earth Day 2022. Volunteers age 16 and over are needed for this event scheduled for Saturday, April 23, 9am […]
Freeway Trees Ready for Spring
Second Saturday Tree Care Day held at the Military West westbound freeway offramp. Twenty volunteers arrived on a cool Saturday morning at the offramp from I-780 to give some TLC to 20 trees planted in 2020 by another group of volunteers organized by the Benicia Tree Foundation. The trees (Coast live oak, blue oak and […]
First Tree Keeper for 2022
Tree Keeper Program offers free advice to plant the right tree in the right place. Heritage Presbyterian Church reached out to Benicia Tree Foundation for advice on a new tree for the church’s entry and became our first Tree Keeper for the new year. They chose a Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ (Kousa dogwood ‘Milky Way’) […]