Tagged: parks

Sacramento community gardens staying open

Artichokes don’t stop growing during a shutdown. Community gardens such as Fremont in midtown Sacramento are staying open. (Photo: Debbie Arrington) Gardeners can keep their plots growing during coronavirus crisis In the greater scheme...

See the birdie? Grab your binoculars!

Whether you count yellow-billed magpies in the local park (there are at least 18 in the photo, including some in the shade) or hummingbirds in the garden, you can be part of the Great...

Care for the future, care for the trees

This gash was left after a huge limb broke off a blue oak recently. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) It takes a long time for a mature tree to die. Yet we’ve all seen it, maybe...

Learn about planting trees (and maybe get some, too)

Trees enhance parks, golf courses, school grounds and our neighborhoods. Watch foresters at work at the Cordova Golf Course this Saturday during a Sacramento Tree Foundation Zoom event.(Photo: Kathy Morrison) SacTree offers two tree-planting events — one...