Tree Davis is invested in the urban forests of Yolo County. We leverage scientific research from our board members, our partners at our local academic institution and government agencies, and unify that with community based action and a long term vision to ensure that our communities become healthier and more supportive for everyone and everything that lives in those spaces.
Tree Davis was founded by civic leaders in 1992 to unite the power of people with trees, and to ensure the health of neighborhoods through that marriage. We have accomplished a wide array of projects that have had a profound impact on Davis, West Sacramento, Winters, and Woodland. As the impacts of climate change become clearer, the role of strong urban and community forests as front-line defenses becomes apparent - we need to make our neighborhoods cooler, lower air pollution, grow biodiversity and lower stormwater pollution - and trees do all of those things and more
Today Tree Davis is seeking to make our communities more “Climate-Ready.” Using field-tested research, we plant and nurture the trees that will be best for our region’s future, ensuring that the trees that stand tall 50 years from now are drought tolerant and disease resistant. Tree Davis is also planting “Climate-Ready Landscapes” throughout the region, installing native and drought-tolerant landscapes that will lower water needs, support vital pollinator populations and improve overall community health, while adding a splash of beauty that eases our hearts.
We take the long term view through our efforts. Not only are we thoughtful about planting the right trees and plants, but we also focus on long-term stewardship. Our goal is to offer five years of care for every tree that we plant. That means that we are out in the heat of the summer watering trees, providing respite to young trees to ensure their success. We prune, weed and mulch, abiding by best industry practices so that our future forests thrive when we need them most.
Today we partner with cities, schools, parks and neighborhoods throughout Yolo County. Staff are hard at work:
- We are transforming schools in Davis, West Sacramento, Woodland and Winters both socially and physically. Socially we are growing awareness and appreciation for the need for community greening and neighborhood action in the classrooms and afterschool programs. Physically we are working side-by-side with students, teachers, administrators and parents to design and implement massive new visions for schools, creating true green schoolyards at campuses in West Sacramento and Woodland. In Davis and Winters we are giving students the hands on experiences of how to plant and care for trees.
- We partner with the cities of Davis and West Sacramento to plant and care for trees in parks and in front yards to fortify our homes against the impacts of climate change. In every community we seek to partner with community leaders and neighborhood organizations to support their efforts to grow community connectedness while improving their urban forests.
- With our Climate-Ready Landscapes program, we are transforming turf grass spaces into native and drought-tolerant gardens. We have two demonstration spaces, the “Tree Davis Memorial Grove” in West Davis, and N Street Park in Davis Manor. We continue to steward these spaces, and hope to partner with cities and landholders in the future to convert more shared spaces into healthier places in the future.
- Our newest program is our Green Volunteers program. We are partnering with Central Parks Gardens and leveraging the AmeriCorps Volunteer Infrastructure Program to train and mobilize volunteers to invest their time and energy in supporting our community volunteer events and to act as independent stewards of green spaces that need ongoing support.
Folks throughout Yolo County are invited to join us for our volunteer tree plantings, trainings, community events and more. When people come together with solutions for our region’s future, great things can happen.