A disease is threatening thousands of Sacramento's oldest and largest trees, and now the next time you're out for a walk or bike ride, you can help protect these trees.

To celebrate Earth Day, Arbor Day, and Folsom’s 15-year status as a Tree City USA, the Sacramento Tree Foundation partnered up with the City of Folsom to care for some beautiful mature trees over the weekend. The city is also offering free wood chips for pick-up by residents.

The Sacramento Tree Foundation is joining forces in North Sacramento with local leaders to expand the urban forest in a large area covering North Sacramento, Del Paso Heights, South Natomas, Hagginwood, Gardenland, Northgate, and parts of Arden Arcade and North Highlands.

Community leaders from Asian Resources Inc. and the United Latinos Green Team planted 19 trees in South Sacramento on Saturday, tying ribbons into a memorial tree for all eight of the victims of the recent shooting in Atlanta. This Deodar cedar, affectionately named Atlanta Love, will not only swirl harmful pollutants high up into the air with its towering evergreen coniferous shape but will also provide a place of reflection to inspire us in new ways to stop hate.

Through the Sacramento Food Forestry Project, local urban agroforester Dominic Allamano is caring for the tree canopy in South Sacramento by providing free pruning, soil care, and education for residents with fruit trees.

Thanks to additional funding from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and California Proposition 68 for our community grant program, South Sacramento residents are eligible to receive free fruit tree care services. These services will help to ensure your trees develop well, and are on their way to a long and fruitful future.

We've teamed up with regenerative agriculture expert Dominic Allamano to support previous fruit tree recipients and other South Sacramento residents in caring for their fruit trees.

We are very excited to announce our newest NeighborWoods initiative in partnership with the City of Folsom. We will be working closely with city staff and the wider Folsom community to help grow, care for, and expand the city’s urban forest.

All neighborhoods need trees to thrive, but some areas never got their fair share. Let's work together to change this - what are your ideas to grow and care for trees in South Sacramento? Apply for funding to turn your vision into a reality and grow a healthier, greener future for your family and neighbors.

As 2020 begins to set, we reflect upon the year. We are thankful for having gotten through 2020, and are very, very excited for things to come.

We have exciting news! After two years of succession planning in preparation for Ray Tretheway’s retirement, and a comprehensive search and interview process with many talented local and national candidates, we are very happy to announce that Jessica Sanders has accepted the position of executive director of the Sacramento Tree Foundation.