The Calfornia Urban Forest Council presented Tree Fresno with the “Outstanding Urban Forestry Project of the Year” award at its annual meeting in Sacramento on November 15, 2012. This recognizes the transformation of the El Dorado Park neighborhood with the planting of 79 trees in May, 2012; a collaborative effort by the City of Fresno,
In late 2000, the Fresno County Office of Education completed the purchase of Scout Island from the William Whitehurst family. Scout Island Outdoor Education Center is approximately 84 acres of land along the San Joaquin River between San Joaquin County Club on the west and Fig Garden Golf Club on the east. Then Superintendent of
Green trees, tall trees, trees with no leaves, shrubs, sky, grasses, decomposition, stones, birds flying, insects flittering, “Ahhhh.” You know the feeling. You drive up to the foothills, forest or the park and once you have arrived you know it, not only by the sight but also by the way you feel. You feel sublime
My Garden Shelley Ayres I stumble sleepy eyed, through the door to greet the glorious gift of morning. I meander through my garden, hugging each blossom with my awakening eyes. I breathe in the sighs of each leaf as they shake off the dew of evening slumber. I smile as their upward lifted faces stretch