Girsh Park Boasts New Native Trees Thanks to City of Goleta Community Projects Grant

     

A City of Goleta Community Projects grant provided the funds to plant 23 native trees at Girsh Park.  Ninety two volunteers worked all day in two shifts to plant, mulch and water.  

   

• Healthy CommuniTrees Project benefits Santa Barbara Montessori School

Project Learning Tree Workshop Provides Training for Educators

Science Night at Kellogg School Draws Crowds to GVB Exhibits

     

GVB UCSB Interns Nicholas Koukoutsakis and Minh Tran joined Kellogg Elementary School volunteers Jason Gonzalez Larsen and Jacob Alexander in presenting tree fun facts to 300 children and parents at the 10/21/10 Kellogg Science Fair  

October  2010 NeighborWoods Month Accomplishments

 

GVB Executive Director Ken Knight in the lime green NeighborWoods shirt (2010 version) assists in emptying soil back around an arbutus at 7632 Anchor Dr (left photo).  Everett King poses by a Coast Live Oak planted in the La Goleta Open Space next to Las Vegas Creek as part of 2010 Creek Week (right photo).

 See website for additional photos www.goletavalleybeautiful.org  

Date                   Event                                                                       Volunteers    Service Hours      Trees Planted       Trees Maintained

Oct 2 Sat AM    San Marcos High                                                           38                   116                        8         

Oct 2 Sat PM    231 Santa Barbara Shores                                                                                                 1

Oct 2 Sat PM    7635 Anchor Drive                                                        10                     21                        1

Oct 2 Sat PM    7632 Anchor Drive                                                                                                             2

Oct 2 Sat PM    7616 Pismo Beach Circle                                                                                                   3

Oct 2 Sat PM    7617 Carmel Beach Circle                                                                                                 1

Oct 9 Sat AM    Girsh Park                                                                    62                    191                       13

Oct 9 Sat PM    Girsh Park                                                                    30                      87                       10

Oct 13 Wed All ARRA – watering                                                                                                              1                                  140

Oct 16 Sat AM  Dos Pueblos High                                                         32                     98                         1

Oct 16 Sat PM  224 Pedernal                                                                   5                     11                         2

Oct 16 Sat PM  260 Pebble Beach                                                                                                               1

Oct 16 Sat PM  252 Santa Barbara Shores                                                                                                 1

Oct 16 Sat PM  267 Santa Barbara Shores                                                                                                 1

Oct 21 Thur AM Project Learning Tree Workshop                             8                     40

Oct 21 Thur PM Kellogg Elementary School Science Night                 5                     15

Oct 23 Sat AM  Montessori School                                                         45                  136                       23

Oct 23 Sat PM  Montessori School                                                        32                     94                       13

Totals                                                                                                      267                   809                       82                                  140     

 

The Cambridge Church trash collection crew collected  10.5 bags of trash with 2 volunteer hours this month bringing the 2010 totals to 87.5 bags and 175.5 hours.

-Volunteer groups participating in October tree care included: Hermanos Unidos, Lambda Sigma Gamma, San Marcos High students and families, Beta Theta Pi, UCSB Circle K, Environmental Affairs Board, Hermanas Unidas, Cal Pirg, Sigma Lambda Beta, LUX, Pi Alpha Phi, Alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Santa Barbara Church of Christ, Souled Out Campus Ministries, the Girl Scouts, Cox Cable, Westmont, Dos Pueblos students and families, The Territory Ahead, Beautify Dos Pueblos, Santa Barbara City College, UCSB Los Curanderos, Alpha Kappa Psi, UCSB Honors Program, Santa Barbara Montessori School, UCSB Latino Business Association, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Pi Sigma, Western Chapter International Society of Aboriculture, Zeta Phi Beta, and Goleta Valley Beautiful 

-  Sponsors for this month’s events include United Voices for Healthier Communities – Healthy CommuniTrees Project, California ReLeaf, the California Urban Forest Council, Valley Crest Tree Company, USDA Forest Service, the American Resource and Recovery Act, the Alliance for Community Trees/Home Depot Foundation, Goleta Union School District, West Covina Nurseries, Santa Barbara Bounty Resource Recovery and Waste Division, UCSB Coastal Fund, Devereux of California, City of Goleta, Beautify Dos Pueblos, United Way, Santa Barbara Secondary Schools, Cal Fire, Aqua-Flo Supply, Marborg, City of Goleta Project Grant program, and Crop Production Services.

• New Street Tree Program recipients

       

Proud new street tree recipients include our tree care volunteers at (left to right) 224 Perdenal, 252 Santa Barbara Shores, 267 Santa Barbara Shores, 7617 Carmel Beach Circle, and 260 Pebble Beach. 

Goleta Valley Beautiful News Briefs 

- No, GVB is not stealing water from fire hydrants – A concerned citizen saw a GVB truck filling a tanker of water borrowed from Kitson Landscape Management Inc. and thought that we were making unauthorized withdrawals.   No need to worry, GVB iss treated like every other contractor by the Goelta Water District.  We pay for a Temporary Water Permit and the cost of water used just like everyone else.  Now that the rainy season is upon us, we’ll stop our watering for the season, but we’ll be back at it again as soon as it gets dry.  And we’ll pay for more permits.

-Knowing what a branch collar is can save you money – There are a lot of tree care contractors out there who will tell you need your tree pruned.  Two suggestions before you agree.  One, get a Certified Arborist to review what work ‘needs’ to be done.  If that isn’t possible, ask your contractor what a branch collar is.  If they can’t adequately describe it, go find another company to take care of your trees.  If you don’t know what a branch collar is, take one of our workshops (scheduled in January), Google it, or give us a call..

- Science Night and School Contact Volunteers needed – GVB would like to establish a contact at each Goleta Valley School to assist in communication about tree care on campus, and to involve students in educational programs such as Science Night and Arbor Day events.  Upcoming Science Nights include October 28^th at La Patera and at other schools beginning in January.  If you would like to be a school contact person for GVB, please call 685-7910 for details.

- On line donations and membership – GVB  offers to our donor members a variety of free native trees for your own property including Island, Valley and Coast Live  Oak, White  Alder, Black Cottonwood,  Sycamore, Torrey Pine, Redbud, Catalina Cherry, and other assorted trees.   Call us for further information at 685-7910.  Look for our annual membership renewal flier in the mail sometime in the next few weeks.  Or you can use our on line donation system.  We offer two payment options using either PayPal or through TreeBank.   FYI, thanks to all the recent membership renewals.  Please note we operate under a calendar year membership.    

- GVB Board changes meeting days an times – One last reminder.  After many years of meeting on the first Friday of the month at 7 AM, the GVB Board has decided to change the meeting time to the first Wednesday of the month from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM, at the Sexton House first floor meeting room at Pacifica Suites.