NeighborWoods
Tree cheers for Rancho Cordova
In case you hadn’t noticed, March and April were busy, tree-filled months in Rancho Cordova!
Read MoreA greener campus at Samuel Kennedy Elementary
We have come to the end of the first year of this innovative, community-led project. And what a great year it has been!
Read MoreQ&A with NeighborWoods leaders in Arden Park
Arden Park has planted over 3,000 trees as a neighborhood over the last 15 years as part of the Sacramento Tree Foundation’s NeighborWoods initiative. Jane Hagedorn, the first President of the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Tree Foundation and a long-time resident of Arden Park, and her neighbors, Gregg Fishman and Frank Moran, worked together to organize the community plantings.
Read MoreRiver Park NeighborWoods: A blueprint for success
If you don’t love trees already, you will learn to love them living in River Park. The soil is deep, rich and sandy, and trees grow to remarkable size in…
Read MoreTrees are tool to fight inequality
Matt Buland, one of our NeighborWoods coordinators suggests, “There should be no marathons, only short sprints to the next shade tree. BANG!!! We’re off.” Read more to see what he means…
Read MoreBringing new voices to the table at Riverview STEM Academy
Every tree planting project starts with who, when, what, where and why. A great deal of thought goes into who needs to be at our initial meeting. When we work with schools, that group usually consists of the principal, a teacher and/or a parent volunteer. Community Forester Matt Buland’s first meeting with Riverview STEM Academy, an elementary school in Rancho Cordova, was quite different.
Read MoreIt takes a (Lincoln) Village
Over 100 trees were planted in Rancho Cordova’s Lincoln Village neighborhood thanks to support from the entire community.
Read MoreRooting for a greener tomorrow in Fruitridge Manor
On Saturday, April 23rd, more than 130 volunteers from all over the Sacramento region spent their morning with us at Peter Burnett Elementary School to help kickoff our new South Sacramento NeighborWoods initiative.
Read MoreFolks for Oaks reforesting native oak woodlands
For nearly a decade, the Sacramento Tree Foundation has been working with SMUD to provide valley oak trees to residents of the City of Elk Grove Rural Community. This program, called Folks for Oaks, was established in 2007 thanks to the gusto and dedication of two community members, Leo Fassler and Nancy Myers. Since the inception of the program, about 1,400 valley oaks have been planted in this community.
Read MoreA major lift in working toward a City of Trees for all
New state funding opportunities are investing in green infrastructure in some of California’s most environmentally vulnerable communities.
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