by Nancy Hughes | Apr 7, 2015 | CivicSpark Partnership, Drought, IFGU Communities, Residential, Tree Care, Urban Forestry Professionals
Guest blog by Jessie Rudd, CivicSpark AmeriCorps member. Jessie, along with her team of AmeriCorps members are partnering with California Urban Forests Council in assisting local government agencies and disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley improve...
by Invest from the Ground Up | Mar 5, 2014 | Business, IFGU Communities, Residential, Tree Care, Trees, Urban Forestry Professionals
In urban areas around the country, trees have a hard life. On average an urban tree’s life expectancy is only 8 years. That same tree in a forest or even the countryside might easily live to be a hundred years old. City trees face hard impervious surfaces, overhead...
by Invest from the Ground Up | Feb 12, 2014 | Business, Drought, IFGU Communities, Residential, Tree Care, Trees, Urban Forestry Professionals
A couple weeks ago we shared wise watering guidelines to help our trees through the drought. This week we share even more ways you can help protect your trees from drought. Mulch trees: <Place mulch over tree roots. Mulch 2-4 inches around your trees to reduce...
by Invest from the Ground Up | Feb 5, 2014 | Drought, IFGU Communities, Residential, Tree Care, Trees, Urban Forestry Professionals
Guest Blogger: Dan Carney is a Landscape Architect and the Water Conservation Manager at Marin Municipal Water District According to the Department of Water Resources, California usually receives 75% of its annual precipitation between November and March, and in many...
by Invest from the Ground Up | Jan 29, 2014 | Business, Drought, IFGU Communities, Residential, Tree Care, Trees, Urban Forestry Professionals
As we’re sure you’ve heard, Governor Brown has now declared California in a state of emergency drought. However for those of us around the state, the cloudless sunny skies and wilting trees are already clear proof. Water is essential to life, and trees are no...
by Invest from the Ground Up | Nov 6, 2013 | Business, IFGU Communities, Invest from the Ground Up in Albany, Invest from the Ground Up in Bakersfield, Invest from the Ground Up in Santee, Residential, Tree Benefits, Tree Care, Trees
Last week, we talked about how you can select lower maintenance trees and how to make the bounty from your current trees more manageable. However, when you take a more positive approach and look at the glass half full, you can see that there are many wonderful uses...