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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 — 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
