War is not the answer.  Trees are the answer         

GVB NEWS HEADLINES - STORIES BELOW     

·        GVB celebrates a record year and prepares for 2011

·        January 2^nd Memorial services for Goleta Valley Beautiful Board of Director Geoffrey Alan ‘Al’ Turnbull

·        Sign Up for January 2011 Goleta Valley Beautiful Activities including Young Tree Care Workshop

·        Goleta Valley Beautiful News Briefs

·        Kitson Landscape Management, Inc. donates their 1000 gallon water trailer to GVB

·        UCSB Coastal Fund partners with Goleta Valley Beautiful with a $9700 grant for Devereux Greenhouse operations

·        Marborg Industries sets the pace for major donor support and renewing members!

·        ReLeaf awards second grant for heritage tree, workshop and public outreach

·        December Award Winner

GVB celebrates a record year and prepares for 2011

Goleta Valley Beautiful just completed one its most successful years ever.  The statistics show the most participation ever; 144 projects in which 2242 volunteers contributed 8447 hours of community service, a new record for community participation!  The outcomes are equally impressive; we planted 481 trees in schools, along roads and in parks throughout the Goleta Valley area, collected 60 bags of trash from alongside streets, conducted Project Learning Tree and Young Tree Care Workshops, spent 360 hours cleaning graffiti, and reached 800 elementary children with our Science Night educational programs.  We planted 33 different species of trees to keep with our diversity theme, but 40% of our trees were native Coast Live Oak.  We are developing the foundation for a strong future with our work on the Goleta Urban Forest Management Plan.  

January 2^nd Memorial services for Goleta Valley Beautiful Board of Director Geoffrey Alan ‘Al’ Turnbull

Join us January 2^nd, 2011 at 3 PM in Friendship Manor’s Jameson Hall, 6647 El Collegio Road in Isla Vista as we remember a dear friend.   If you can’t make it, take some time to enjoy one of Al’s legacies at the Al Turnbull Grove next to the Goleta Depot in Lake Los Carneros Preserve.

Sign Up for January 2011 Goleta Valley Beautiful Activities including Young Tree Care Workshop

The Saturday January 22^nd Young Tree Care Workshop is your once a year, hands-on opportunity to learn how to do trees right with the help of the best arborist trainers in the area including Dan Condon, Bill Spiewak, Bill Millar, and George Jimenez.  In just one morning, we’ll teach you the basics about how to plant, prune and care for young trees.  And in the afternoon, we’ll be putting your new skills to work on the young trees at Dos Pueblos High School.  It’s only ten dollars to attend the 8:30 to 3:30 pm workshop, and lunch is included.  Attendance at the entire event can provide students with 6 community service credits, and professionals seeking a refresher with CEU’s.  Sponsors for the event include California ReLeaf, City of Goleta, Central Coast Urban Forest Council, Santa Barbara Secondary School District, and Goleta Valley Beautiful.

      Why do we do this?  We not only want more people to know the proper way to care for trees, but we also want to expand the number of qualified people who can assist with our weekly public tree care events.  To get the full benefit of this workshop, you must commit to attend for the entire 8:30 am to 3:30 pm program.  You’ll be glad you did.  To register, see our flier on the Goleta Valley Beautiful website, or call 685-7910 for more information. 

For all volunteer events….

Please RSVP for all events by sending an e-mail to kennethknight@cox.net  with your name, phone and e-mail, and the date, time and location of the volunteer event in which you would like to participate.  For questions before the event call Ken at 685-7921, and during the day of the event at 252-1952.

No experience necessary.  Goleta Valley Beautiful provides all tools and equipment.  Please wear old clothes you wouldn’t mind getting dirty and sturdy shoes – no open toes or flips please.  Students, bring your community service forms to get signed for credit.  Families welcome as long as younger children are constantly supervised.

Jan 8   Sat 9 am to noon         City of Goleta Parkway trees – installation of root shields at various locations.  Meet at Devereux Greenhouse.

Jan 8   Sat 1 PM to 4 PM       City of Goleta Parkway trees – plant trees at various locations.  Meet at Devereux Greenhouse.

Jan 15 Sat 9 AM to Noon       Elementary School Tree young tree care – Meet at Mt. View School 5465 Queen Anne Lane, later moving to Foothill School 711 Ribera Drive  

Jan 15   Sat 1 PM to 4 PM      Elementary School Tree young tree care – Meet at Isla Vista School 6875 El Collegio Road, later moving to UCSB campus

Jan 17   Mon 9 am to noon      Martin Luther King Day Tree Planting – Plant 45 trees in the morning session at Arellanes Elementary and Junior High, 1890 Sandalwood Drive in the Santa Maria Tanglewood subdivision, followed by a celebratory lunch 

Jan 17   Mon 1 PM to 4 PM     Martin Luther King Day Tree Planting – Plant 35 trees in the afternoon session at Arellanes Elementary and Junior High, 1890 Sandalwood Drive in the Santa Maria Tanglewood subdivision.  

Jan 22   Sat 8:30 to 3:30 PM    Young Tree Planting, Pruning and Care Workshop including lunch.  Dos Pueblos High School, 7266 Alameda Drive, classroom to be announced.  Learn in the classroom and in the field about how to care for young trees from the area’s top arborists and earn community service credits.  Preregistration required, $10 fee for lunch.

Jan 29   Sat 9 am to noon     Plant trees at San Marcos High School, 4750 Hollister Ave.  Meet in the rear Hollister Avenue parking lot northwest of the tennis courts.  

Jan 29   Sat 1 PM to 4 PM      Young tree pruning and care trees at San Marcos High School, 4750 Hollister Ave.  Meet in the rear Hollister Avenue parking lot northwest of the tennis courts.  

Litter Pickup

•  Roadside trash collection in the Goleta area on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays.  Trash grabbers and bags provided by the City of Goleta.  Call Don and Judy Nason 964-4895 to RSVP   

Graffiti Removal

• Call 964-7117 to participate in graffiti removal and to report incidents in your area as soon as you see it.     

Goleta Valley Beautiful News Briefs 

- Goleta Urban Forest management Plan moves forward – City staff is collecting comments and making refinements to the draft of the Goleta Urban Forest Management Plan.  If you have questions, check it out on the City’s website or contact us for further information. 

- Yardi backs GVB’s education and affordable housing projects – Yardi Systems provided a $5000 grant to GVB to assist in our educational outreach programs, and to further our efforts to plant trees at affordable housing projects.  More information on this in coming months.

- Post Holiday Cheer - Thanks to Lori Roper and Marc Bradley for continuing their tradition of providing flowers for elderly residents at local long term care homes including Heritage House.

- Two GVB Board of Directors vacancies – There are two vacancies on the GVB Board of Directors for a term that continues through June 2011.  For details, call 685-7910.

- Free Street Tree Program Continues – If you would like to arrange for a street tree to be planted in the parkway in front of your property, and you are willing to water it for the first several years while it is getting established, please give us a call and we’ll work with City of Goleta officials to provide you a tree free of charge.  This service is not year available in the unincorporated area of Goleta Valley pending approval of County officials.  

- Thanks to Pacifica Suites, Devereux and Camino Real Marketplace- This is an appropriate time of year to remember that, without the generosity of local supporters, we would be homeless.  For ten years, Camino Real Marketplace has provided Goleta Valley Beautiful with a no-cost place to storage its mulch, sheds and vehicles.  Each month, Pacifica Suites allows us to use their facilities without charge so that we can hold our Board meetings.  Devereux leases us a portion of the Devereux Greenhouse and Growing Grounds that allows us to grow our trees for use throughout the Goleta Valley.  We can’t say thanks enough.   

- Honor Trees Are a Great Way to Remember Loved Ones: Honor trees come with a certificate that can be sent to the honoree.  In addition to our Dos Pueblos High School Honor Grove site, GVB can also plant Honor Trees on any private sites as well as public.  Any trees planted on private property require someone to assume responsibility to provide ongoing maintenance.   For more information, call 685-7910. 

- Goleta Valley Beautiful Wish List:  Please call GVB at 685-7910 if you can help with our wish list posted on our website www.goletavalleybeautiful.org

- Floss Silk Tree Donation – thanks to Julie Lyon of Santa Barbara for giving her two container grown Floss Silk trees a new home at Dos Pueblos High School.

- Merlyn’s Magical Wood Working – GVB Board member Merlyn Cummings has been at his workshop during the holidays.  Merlyn developed wooden dividers to help keep GVB tools organized in the milk crates on the GVB truck.  And he’s already completed work on 15 miniature lemon crates to be given away at our May 1^st Awards event.  Thanks!