Annual Report

2007

In 2007, TREE Davis maintained our commitment to enhancing the urban forest by teaching the people of our community to plant and care for trees.

Accomplishments

  • Developed NeighborWoods
  • Celebrated Arbor Day with 95 volunteers and 20 downtown tree plantings
  • Organized ArtisTree Annual Fundraiser
  • Authored community trees columns
  • Redesigned treedavis.org to accept tree requests and membership registration

Awards

  • TREE City USA Growth Award
  • California Urban Forest Council – Best Urban Forestry Project
  • Home Depot Foundation NeighborWoods Recognition

Program Benchmarks

126
- Trees Planted
295
- Volunteers Engaged
190
- Individual Gifts
481
- Trees Pruned
3
- Honorary Trees
6
- Tree Tributes

Partnerships

City of Davis , Center for Urban Forest Research, Davis High School Key Club, Davis High School Honor Society, Sigma Alpha Mu, UC Davis Society for Conservation Biology, Wildhorse Neighborhood, Civic Arts Commission, UC Davis Botany Club, UC Davis Environmental Toxicology Club, The Naturalist, Naked Thread, Three Palms Nursery, Davis School for Independent Studies, Grace Valley Christian Academy, Davis Sunrise Rotary, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Bet Haverim , California Scholarship Federation

2008

Goals

  • Develop PG&E Pilot Shade Tree Program
  • Celebrate Arbor Day at Mace Ranch Park
  • Organize ArtisTree Annual Fundraiser
  • Publish TreeMail, the new TREE Davis monthly email newsletter
  • Author Community Trees Columns

Statistical Goals

250
- Trees Planted
550
- Trees Distributed
400
- Volunteers Engaged
300
- Individual Gifts
500
- Trees Pruned
8
- Honorary Trees
20
- Tree Tributes