A longtime dream of Eric Kos of the Alameda Sun is came true in 2016. The Alameda Sun has funded a tree-planting effort here in Alameda, donating $1,000 to Alameda Backyard Growers (ABG) in 2016-17 to fund a tree-planting effort hereby dubbed “Project Tree.”
Fruit tree recipients were required to:
- Live in the City of Alameda
- Have an adequate space for the tree planted in the ground (not container)
- Live in the home where the tree would be planted
- Attend an orientation on the proper care of their tree
- Care for the tree
In Phase I, Project Tree volunteers planted a total of 34 new trees in Alameda, including orange, fig, mandarin, apricot, plum and apple trees. Twenty-four families received trees, as well as the Alameda Girls and Boys Club and NEA CLC School.
Read more articles about Project Tree here.
Stayed tuned for Phase II!
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- The first recipients just attended their Project Tree orientation on Oct. 8 at Ploughshares. This orientation, given by project coordinator Marla Koss, was specifically for those receiving fig or citrus trees.
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- Gretchen Doering, Alameda Boys and Girls Club Seed to Table Program Director smoothing the dirt under a Fuyu Persimmon tree donated by Tracy Wyman and David Wood.
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- John and Theresa Park having just finished planting a Purple-Leaf Plum (Prunus cerasifera Thundercloud).
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- Matthew Tisdale and one of his sons digging a hole to plant a Fuji Apple tree.
