Benicia Tree Foundation's first project involved planting 80 trees at Benicia High along Military West and Denfield Avenue. This included 30 five-gallon size coast live oaks (Quercus agrifolia). The supplemental water applied during the dry season ended in 2013. After two years of average to above average rainfall, many of those trees are 15 to […]
On April 29, a group of Benicia High Students, Cub Scouts, and other Benicia residents, with the assistance from staff of the City's Parks and Community Services Department, planted nine Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair trees) on Rose Drive east of Panorama Drive.
Twenty Volunteers at Mathew Turner Project Site The sun shined brightly on February 11, which brought out 20 volunteers for our Second Saturday Tree Maintenance Day at Mathew Turner Elementary School. The 50 trees planted in 2014 got some much-needed TLC. Tree wells were weeded and rebuilt to help capture more rainfall. Mulch was applied […]
The Benicia Tree Foundation has scheduled Volunteer Tree Care Days for the Second Saturday and Third Thursday of each month, from 9 am to Noon, for 2017. The first Second Saturday event was on January 14 at Joe Henderson Elementary. Over 80 trees were planted on this campus in 2013. Each year we rebuild the […]
The Benicia Tree Foundation has scheduled Volunteer Tree Care Days for the Second Saturday and Third Thursday of each month for the first half of 2017. BTF volunteers will perform light maintenance tasks such as applying mulch and water, and weeding around trees from 9:00 am to Noon. Volunteer Tree Care Days will rotate among […]
Our Third Thursday Volunteer Day in May at the Lake Herman Open Space project site was well attended by Valero employees. They weeded and watered around the nearly 100 native tree saplings that were planted last November. More BTF in the News August Tree Care Day at BSRA [Edit] Caltrans Approves Adopt-a-Highway Tree Permit […]
Benicia Tree Foundation sponsored a tree planting event at Benicia State Recreation Area on December 5. 10 tree seedlings were planted at the main picnic area and adjacent to several parking lots. Some of these trees replaced pine trees that were removed due to disease. All trees were grown from locally collected acorns and buckeye […]
Benicia High School students worked with Benicia Unified School District staff to plant 20 coast live oak seedlings to help buffer the campus from the freeway traffic on I-780. These trees are in addition to 21 trees planted earlier this year in the same area of the campus. More BTF in the News More Trees […]
Save Our Water And Our Trees! Campaign Offers Tips to Help Trees Thrive Benicia Tree Foundation has partnered with California ReLeaf, Save Our Water, and a coalition of urban forest and other concerned organizations to raise awareness on the importance of proper tree care during this historic drought. Save Our Water is California’s official […]
