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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This week volunteers began collecting acorns for planting this fall/winter. Collecting occurred in the open space behind behind Benicia. Valley oaks were producing. Blue oaks, unfortunately, were not producing a crop this year (that we could tell). Acorn collection from Live oaks will begin next month. Our acorn collection supports a joint effort with the […]
Benicia Tree Foundation organized a tree care day on August 9 at our Lake Herman Open Space project for 16 volunteers from the Valero Benicia Refinery . It was a beautiful day to be at the lake. Most of the volunteers were college interns working at the refinery during the summer. Tasks involved checking cages […]
BTF Holds Open House On June 23, the Benicia Tree Foundation held an open house at Benicia High School. The purpose was to celebrate the planting of 1,000 trees in Benicia and to share ideas for planting the next 1,000 trees in Benicia. The open house began with a 21-minute presentation describing what it takes […]
