Finger painting autumn trees8/25/2023 Take the mile or so walk or drive to nearby Freeport Bakery at 2966 Freeport Blvd. Other trees planted in this 150-plus-acre park include fan palms, Italian cypress, sycamores and native oaks. It’s an easy walk around the curving pond near 14th Street where plane trees turn yellow and gold and large zelkova trees add rust and red. The park offers a pretty mix of colors and is one of the most tree-dense areas of the city. William Land Regional Park, southwest Sacramento: There’s a lot going on in this century-old green space that houses the city’s zoo, a golf course, a kiddie place called Fairyvale, ponds and lots of older trees. (Stephanie Robinson / Sacramento Tree Foundation) These walkable spots were easy to find by car or Uber but are by no means the only places to go in the City of Trees. I visited Sacramento in search of shade (leaves were green or barely starting to turn in late September) and areas that were sure to display fall colors. (Los Angeles also has a tree giveaway program )Īnd is figuring out how to shade more neighborhoods.Īnd the leaves from all those shade makers? Sacramento has a fleet of leaf-scooping machines called the Claw that sweeps up and composts about 54 tons of leaves each year. About 10,000 trees a year are planted in Sacramento. The foundation, in partnership with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, gives residents free trees to shade houses in summer and keep them cooler, then warmer in winter when the leaves fall, allowing in sunlight. The city still embraces shade, which has become a key way to reduce energy costs. “And that really points to the diversity of our urban forest.” Chinese pistache (related to pistachios) brings scarlet, crimson and orange Japanese maples add pinkish reds silver maples turn yellow and ginkgoes from China add gold swirls. What colors does fall bring? “I don’t know about any one color I think it’s a rainbow,” said spokeswoman Stephanie Robinson of the Sacramento Tree Foundation. The result : Sacramento’s urban forest is one of the leafiest in the nation, with trees covering 20% of its 100 square miles. Over the years exotics were added - Japanese maples, liquidambar, Chinese pistache and zelkova - as well as sycamores, black oaks, cottonwood and, yes, native oaks. Many chose trees they knew, such as maples, elms and plane trees, from their homes in the Midwest and East. So trees were planted for shade, not for beauty. The only native trees were oaks, which were cut down to build houses. Sacramento claims the nickname “City of Trees.” Its tree-planting culture started in the mid-19th century when Gold Rush-era settlers realized the city was hot - sometimes scorching hot. That left cities, particularly those with trees - some thousands of miles from their native habitat - that burst with color mid-October into early December. I wanted to find someplace where fall arrives later, which meant giving up on the Eastern Sierra and the aspens that may already be at their peak. and COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, we’re exhausted, fed up and looking for escape.” “With the state reeling from forest closures to accommodate wildfire management. “California seems snakebit,” John Poimiroo wrote on the blog. It’s hard to think about where to see fall color in California because active fires around the state and uncertainty about access to viewing spots make it difficult to plan.
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