"...the most controversial aspect of the project in recent months has been the plan to dig up part of Capitol Park for the private underground garage for the legislators... For those not familiar with the site, Capitol Park is essentially a living museum, filled with trees that possess cultural or historical significance—trees planted in the 1800s; trees gifted to the state by other nations; trees that were transplanted here from the battlefields of the Civil War. One tree, a coast redwood nicknamed the 'Moon Tree,' sprouted from seeds that orbited the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971."

The Sacramento Tree Foundation in partnership with Fulton El Camino Recreation and Parks District will be adding more trees to the canopy of Howe Community Park! We will be welcoming several beautiful new shade trees at this amazing park and we need you to send in your wishes to be planted with our Wishing Trees.

Join the Sacramento Tree Foundation, Councilmember Steve Hansen, and City of Sacramento Parks on Facebook Live to celebrate the ribbon-cutting of the newly renamed Ray and Judy Tretheway Oak Preserve (formerly Natomas Oaks Park).