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 […]
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 […]
By Donna Beth Weilenman, Staff Reporter, The Benicia Herald By the end of April, Benicia High School will have 80 new trees on its campus, said Wolfram Alderson, executive director of the Benicia Tree Foundation. And the first step toward the tree planting happens Saturday. The trees are coming through […]
The Benicia Tree Foundation’s efforts to establish the first heritage tree in Benicia were recognized on the California ReLeaf web site. Click here to view the article. More BTF in the News Benicia’s First Heritage Tree [Edit] August Tree Care Day at BSRA [Edit] Caltrans Approves Adopt-a-Highway Tree Permit [Edit] Second Saturday Tree Care Day […]
By Tony Burchyns, Times Herald BENICIA — Five summers ago the removal of trees from Benicia High School caused a local controversy. Now the school is welcoming the arrival of 80 new trees — nearly three times the number chopped down around the ball fields in 2006 due to disease or roots deemed too near […]
By JB Davis, The Benicia Patch The Benicia Tree Foundation has partnered with the Benicia Unified School District to plant 80 trees at Benicia High School. The project will be implemented in three phases, with the first volunteer-based event Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Click here to read the entire story in the Benicia […]
By Donna Beth WeilenmanStaff Reporter – The Benicia Herald Benicians will celebrate their trees Saturday with Arbor Day music, tours, climbing and planting demonstrations, as well as the awarding of a prize in the Great Benicia Tree Challenge. It is only the second year Benicia has marked Arbor Day, an event that was started in […]
