Within a year, the Highway 120 Bypass and Highway 99 corridor through Manteca will benefit from 7,100 new trees. And the transformation can be credited to some quick maneuvering by municipal staff and San Joaquin Council of Government bureaucrats to take advantage of a windfall of federal tax dollars for enhancing the look of freeway corridors that is part of ...
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Self-Sustaining Communities, an El Cerrito based group, received a donation of food-bearing trees. The trees will be planted in an impoverished areas of North Richmond. More than 500 olive trees and 500 culinary California bay trees from McEvoy Ranch in Petaluma were donated along with $900 worth of garden tools. These trees and materials will help the community to become ...
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The Garden Media Group has recently released a list of 2011 trends in gardening. Based on their findings, “gardening with a purpose” will be a driving force during the year. Below is a list of the top ten trends identified in the study. For more information, read Garden Center Magazine’s full article. Top Ten Emerging Gardening Trends for 2011 Gardening ...
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WASHINGTON, October 7, 2010 – A new report by the USDA Forest Service, Sustaining America’s Urban Trees and Forests, provides an overview of the current status and benefits of America’s urban forests that affect the lives of nearly 80 percent of the U.S. population. “For many Americans, local parks, yards and street trees are the only forests they know,” said ...
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By Desiree Backman Healthy Places, Healthy People: The Urban Forest Meets Public Health View more presentations from California ReLeaf.